[Re: OT Car crash Physics...]

[losinit@usa.net (Cathy Boyko)]

i solve Vo to be 16 m/s or 58km/h =


this seems way too slow to me....  what am I missing???



Jason Adams
Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
84 rocco 16v
93 320i
98 Z71


Dunno, but my most recent physics text give uK at .8
 and uS at 1.2 for rubber on dry asphalt, so that'll bump it up a bit. Th=
ere
is such a huge mass difference, I was expecting more than I got too.
 (hope the guy on the bike isn't a good friend, sounds pretty awful)
Cathy

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