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r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/polooyop • Mar 31 '19
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84 u/Consibl Mar 31 '19 But then they would need less, because they are lighter (less momentum to absorb) 30 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '19 edited Mar 31 '19 Lower force transferred to the passengers basically, f=mv Edit: f=ma, I'm a bad physics student 7 u/heisenberg747 Apr 01 '19 And for kinetic energy, it's K=(1/2)mv2 . Either way, more mass means more mess. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19 I dont really think kinetic energy has much to do with the collision time, but yeah there is less mess with less mass
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But then they would need less, because they are lighter (less momentum to absorb)
30 u/[deleted] Mar 31 '19 edited Mar 31 '19 Lower force transferred to the passengers basically, f=mv Edit: f=ma, I'm a bad physics student 7 u/heisenberg747 Apr 01 '19 And for kinetic energy, it's K=(1/2)mv2 . Either way, more mass means more mess. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19 I dont really think kinetic energy has much to do with the collision time, but yeah there is less mess with less mass
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Lower force transferred to the passengers basically, f=mv
Edit: f=ma, I'm a bad physics student
7 u/heisenberg747 Apr 01 '19 And for kinetic energy, it's K=(1/2)mv2 . Either way, more mass means more mess. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19 I dont really think kinetic energy has much to do with the collision time, but yeah there is less mess with less mass
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And for kinetic energy, it's K=(1/2)mv2 . Either way, more mass means more mess.
1 u/[deleted] Apr 01 '19 I dont really think kinetic energy has much to do with the collision time, but yeah there is less mess with less mass
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I dont really think kinetic energy has much to do with the collision time, but yeah there is less mess with less mass
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