The rear car is applying a steering force North (left, anti clockwise), so how could it rotate in a clockwise direction?
This is getting confusing for me.
After attempting how you told me to approach this scenario, I've come up with:
Assuming no friction of any form
The velocity of Car 1 being 14.53 m/s after the moment of impact
and
The velocity of Car 2 being 16.02 m/s after the moment of impact
This is using the values i stated at the start...
Thank you for the help so far haruspex but,
I am still struggling to understand these concepts, and am finding it hard to visualize and apply what you've have told me (cons of self teaching physics). If you don't mind could you use some arbitrary numbers and carry out these calculations? Even a...
Since Car 1 (blue) is already steering north (left) would this skidding not be very minimal? The tires of the car have already rotated due to the steering meaning it is (after impact) roughly facing the resultant direction.
Would the line of action of the impulse start at the car's mass centre...
Since I'm self teaching physics I haven't looked into moments of inertia much yet so could you further explain what it is and its application?
From my quick google search I've gathered the formula for a moment of inertia to be I=mr^2 , would the impact between the cars not decrease the radius...
Thanks for the quick reply haruspex,
I'll elaborate my scenario a bit more. After this impact, Car 1 crashes into a tree coming to a stop. For this i have derived a function where my I am required to input the velocity in the eastern direction to determine the velocity, and displacement in the...
Hi all,
I am currently self teaching physics and have come across something i don't know how to do.
There are 2 cars, Cars 1 and 2, traveling at a velocity of 60km/h (16.67m/s) in the eastern direction with a gap of 5 metres between each other. Car 2 is in front of Car 1. Car 2 decelerates to...