Timeline for Does a truck stop faster if the stack on the back of truck is stable or if it moves forward?
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Apr 29, 2015 at 17:08 | comment | added | alemi | @MobyDisk it would still be intermediate between it being nailed down and it being able to slip off the front. | |
Apr 29, 2015 at 17:02 | comment | added | Mooing Duck | @MobyDisk: 2.bp.blogspot.com/-KrVhcoy_XOw/Uf_z0l4PRrI/AAAAAAAAED0/… | |
Apr 29, 2015 at 16:33 | comment | added | mskfisher | Hopefully the static friction of the truck is high enough to withstand the internal impact and prevent it from moving. | |
Apr 29, 2015 at 15:55 | comment | added | Moby Disk | So what happens after the truck stops and the hay hits the truck? | |
Apr 29, 2015 at 14:41 | history | edited | alemi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Apr 29, 2015 at 5:11 | comment | added | Floris | The key being that you are stopping a mass of just the truck, with the normal force of truck plus hay (in other words, with more friction available - in that sense we do care about the hay). With that one proviso, this reasoning is nice and clean. | |
Apr 29, 2015 at 1:09 | history | answered | alemi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |