When Two Mavericks Crash

[Don806]

If we get enough votes maybe we can have physics changed.

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[SLINGSHOT]

Actually, they NEVER crash!! If you divide the path of an object in motion by half, and then that distance by half and then divide that distance by half, until infinity, the two objects will never meet. So there. Problem solved and two Mavericks SAVED.
You're welcome. Now back to our regularly scheduled nonsense.

 

[IwannaMav]

If my Maverick ever gets hit, it will feel like a 1000# wall fell on me.

 

[AutobahnSHO]

Cars are indeed not walls.

Neither cars nor walls are mattresses. They're also not pumpkin spice lattes, while you're at it.

That doesn't address the physics problem posed herein.

Each car acts as a stationary, immovable, impenetrable wall to the other. An identical car on an opposite trajectory head-on may as well be said wall in terms of the damage each sustains. Again, see the MythBusters segment.

The "physics question" has two components though.

1- Speed is compared.

2- Truck vs wall is compared.

Obviously two equal objects colliding against each other at 50mph towards each other is the "same" as one colliding at 100mph against a stationary one in terms of energy.

But when you compare those same two scenarios but change one of the objects in one scenario and not the other, you get different results.

Crumple zones are incredible pieces of engineering and will absorb some of the impact before the occupant feels it. A "mattress" so to speak.

So sure,
-the front end of all three trucks would appear obliterated the same, but
-a 100mph truck vs wall (one crumple zone) would have slightly more impact on the passengers than
-two 50mph trucks vs each other (same amount of energy, two crumple zones).

 

[jsus]

The "physics question" has two components though.

1- Speed is compared.

2- Truck vs wall is compared.

Obviously two equal objects colliding against each other at 50mph towards each other is the "same" as one colliding at 100mph against a stationary one in terms of energy.

But when you compare those same two scenarios but change one of the objects in one scenario and not the other, you get different results.

Crumple zones are incredible pieces of engineering and will absorb some of the impact before the occupant feels it. A "mattress" so to speak.

So sure,
-the front end of all three trucks would appear obliterated the same, but
-a 100mph truck vs wall (one crumple zone) would have slightly more impact on the passengers than
-two 50mph trucks vs each other (same amount of energy, two crumple zones).

Start your own thread if you wish to propose your own physics problems! Don't forget to provide the relevant vector diagrams in your solution.

 

[GPSMan]

There's nothing to vote on, it's simple physics.

This isn't a physics question.
This is a "who can follow directions?" question. You failed.

 

[GPSMan]

After you vote, read here.

https://mythresults.com/mythssion-control#:~:text=In their full scale tests,the wall at 50 mph.

This isn't a physics question.
This is a "who can follow directions?" question. You failed.

 

[GPSMan]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the math on this would be tough to argue with.

This isn't a physics question.
This is a "who can follow directions?" question. You failed.

 

[GPSMan]

A car is different than a wall. The wall does not have crumple zones.

This isn't a physics question.
This is a "who can follow directions?" question. You failed.

 

[LtCasual]

This isn't a physics question.
This is a "who can follow directions?" question. You failed.

I don't think so, mine was more of a statement vs a comment.

 

[AutobahnSHO]

Can but choose not to. I'd be very interested if you can find ANY Internet poll which people don't discuss for two weeks...

 

[jsus]

This isn't a physics question.
This is a "who can follow directions?" question. You failed.

You're not the boss of anyone on here, so it's pretty toxic to talk like this.

You don't get to dictate what people do and do not discuss.

Said a different way, you created a thread on a discussion forum, tried to tell people not to discuss, and now you're attacking them for it.

Do you have nothing better to do than to create pointless threads and attack people?

That's a fail.

Again, one must ask, are you feeling ok?

 

[Hoagus]

Totally DOES matter. What hurts more- running full speed on your own two feet into a wall of bricks or a wall of bricks with 2 mattresses stood up in front of it?

Could you try these and get back to us on that? TIA

 

[jsus]

Could you try these and get back to us on that? TIA

Can you say that on here?

 

[Hoagus]

This isn't a physics question.
This is a "who can follow directions?" question. You failed.

Nice try , but no.

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