[Re: OT Car crash Physics...]

[losinit@usa.net (Cathy Boyko)]

"Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com> wrote:
What kind of car are you trying to calculate for?

uK =3D 0.72 (tire on asphalt)  Seems low for a decent tire unless you are=

running some generic special
M1 =3D 2260Kg  1Kg =3D 2.2 lbs, if you are trying to calculate for a scir=
occo
you are way overwieght in your calculations.
M2 =3D 220Kg
dS =3D 2.44m

Curious, it is the velocity of the bike when it struck the car that you a=
re
after, so there are no skid marks prior to that? (ie dS =3D displacement =
of the
pretty, heavy boat's front end, and not the length of the skid marks made=
 by
the bike prior to collision)

Cathy