Timeline for Classical car collision
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| Nov 3, 2011 at 6:11 | comment | added | Madara's Ghost | Okay, and on a related note, if we were to drive at different lanes at 50kmph each, when I throw an object out of my window into your lane. Assuming the object does not decelerate when shattering your front window, that object will indeed hit you at 100kmph. How does that settle with the above answer? | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 21:36 | comment | added | while | Yes exactly, it's the deceleration that results in the damage. If the car hits the wall in 50kmph and deforms the same way as when it hits the other car, which also deforms the same way, then the deceleration would be the same and the collisions would be equal, true. | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 19:58 | comment | added | Madara's Ghost | When speaking of damage in a car crash, there are several things that cause it. Mainly, the rapid deceleration, and the shreds and debris flying from the broken class and metal. The later is ignored. I'm asking in this question, would the deceleration be the same should the car hit a giant impenetrable wall instead of another symmetric car at the same velocity of 50kmph? | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 19:43 | history | answered | while | CC BY-SA 3.0 |