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If a body is in freefall and has reached its terminal velocity say 56 metres/s, its acceleration is zero, how do you work out with what force it would hit the ground
Should be just mass of falling object times speed with which it impacts. You should probably, for the sake of simplicity, assume that the landing area has no elastic properties. The force would be the same even if the thing lands in a bowl of Jell-O, but it would be distributed a lot differently.sweenep said:If a body is in freefall and has reached its terminal velocity say 56 metres/s, its acceleration is zero, how do you work out with what force it would hit the ground
Shhh! It happens.nishant said:oh!I made a mistake
I cannot believe that I confused 'force' and 'energy'.Chi Meson said:Beg your pardon, but the last two responses are incorrect.