Recent content by Ray033

Okay… I clearly started out on the wrong track, but I learned something about collisions. From the replies, Hookes law and Newtons second law are part of the equation for the solution. What other laws or principles should I be looking at to solve the problem? …or any other direction that you...

Thanks for the feedback. I defined these collisions as perfectly elastic. If my understanding of this type of collision is correct, deformation would not be involved. Neither object has an air bag so to speak. My definition of constant velocity in Example 1 is that the driver is keeping their...

Thank you for the previous replies and info. Earlier when I said “I meant that the rate of acceleration is increasing over time. That was a typo. It should have read “the rate of acceleration is NOT increasing over time.” The statement was just an attempt at clarification. Again, I’m...

To clarify, maybe I should have used the term “impact force” instead of “impact energy”. When I said that I wanted to compare constant velocity to acceleration, I meant that the rate of acceleration is increasing over time for example 2. I already have the results for example 1 in both the...

I posted this question earlier but didn’t present it well with my limited knowledge, so I revised it and hopefully made things a bit clearer. However, I did receive some good information that was helpful. Thanks! I do not have a good working knowledge of physics yet. I tried to piece this...

This explanation was very helpful. It gave me a completely different way to look at the problem and made it a bit easier to understand overall. I'll be careful with choosing extreme values to test a result thinking that larger numbers will produce larger results or discrepancies for comparison...

Thanks for explaining all of that to me and showing me the math. It’ll take a little while to absorb it. With the random values I chose the result you got was negligible. However, if I understand the general principle that you showed me, by increasing only the rate of acceleration, the result...

I really appreciate the reply. At this point, I was trying to test this in its simplest form and figure out how to calculate if acceleration could increase impact energy compared to constant velocity at impact. Just to give you an idea, I've changed my examples by adding basic values so I can...

Thanks for the reply. So, acceleration can Thanks for the reply. So, acceleration can increase the energy at the moment of impact vs constant velocity assuming that the force producing acceleration is maintained at impact. So, would I have to use the formula for kinetic energy and combine it...

I do not have a good working knowledge of physics yet. I tried to piece this together but after researching this, I couldn’t figure out the correct laws of physics to combine to develop a formula to answer this question. Ex. 1 - A moving object impacts a static object at a constant velocity...