Jurgen M
So conclusion is ,if you accelerate car at higher speeds that leads to higher fuel consumption even if resistance forces don't exist?jack action said:Pretty easy to analyze:
Power ##P## is 500 hp, or 372 850 W. Speeds are 100 km/h and 200 km/h, or 27.78 m/s and 55.56 m/s.
Energy spent: ##E_s = Pt = 372\ 850\ W \times 4\ s = 1\ 491\ 400 J##
Therefore the amount of energy given by the 200 mL of petrol must also be 1 491 400 J.
The amount of kinetic energy of the car must also be 1 491 400 J. Or ##\frac{1}{2}m(27.78^2 - 0^2) = 1\ 491\ 400 J##. This effectively tells us what the mass of the car is (i.e. 3865 kg).
What happens from 100 km/h to 200km/h?
The same amount of fuel spent? Therefore there is also 1 491 400 J of energy spent.
Same power? Therefore the time must also be the same (4 s) since the energy from the fuel is the same. Same mass? Therefore the kinetic energy must ##\frac{1}{2}3865(v_f^2 - 27.78^2) = 1\ 491\ 400 J## or the final velocity ##v_f = 39.29\ m/s## or 141 km/h.
So the same amount of energy spent at different speeds doesn't give the same ##\Delta v##, but rather the same ##\Delta(v^2)##.
Note also that if you increase the time then you must decrease the power to respect the amount of energy given by the fuel. And the final speed will still remain the same.
In real life there is resistance forces plus, so situation is even worser..