Friday, July 3, 2015

momentum - Calculating force of impact



Since $\text{force = mass}\times\text{acceleration}$,




  1. is it right to say that an object traveling at a high constant velocity (zero acceleration), exerts zero force upon impact with a stationary object?




  2. I understand that upon impact, the projectile decelerates rapidly from initial velocity down to zero. Could force then be computed using integrals and differential equations?






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