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> Adamantium? Sophomore year high school physics time, back of the envelope edition: Car mass: ~1500kg Car velocity: lower bound, 80mph? lets call it 35
by jlgreco 13y ago
> Adamantium?
Sophomore year high school physics time, back of the envelope edition:
Car mass: ~1500kg
Car velocity: lower bound, 80mph? lets call it 35 m/s
Ek = 1/2 mv^2
Wolfram Alpha cheat: .5 * 1500 kg * (35 m/s)^2 = .91 megajoules
Stopping that car with a tree dumps damn near a megajoule of energy somewhere (and that is before you consider the potential energy in the gas!). You can bet your ass a significant portion of that energy is going to be spent rapidly "disassembling" that car.
- wavefunction 13y agoThis is a more compelling argument since it presents actual substance, but it doesn't change what I was saying about the post I was replying to, nor does it change what was posted. Congrats on your sophmore year high school physics, not real big on passive aggressiveness but I am big on logic and well-reasoned arguments. :P
- mmcnickle 13y ago>>> Congrats on your sophmore year high school physics, not real big on passive aggressiveness The irony.
- wavefunction 13y agoThat's ... just like your opinion man. I am enjoying the mod-bombing though. :D