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I am interested to know the amount of Joules created by an average size car wheel traveling at 30mph. Please could you let me know the calculation needed to work this out?
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What makes you think that the car wheel is creating any amount of Joules?Redvers said:I am interested to know the amount of Joules created by an average size car wheel traveling at 30mph. Please could you let me know the calculation needed to work this out?
Thank you,
Karimspencer said:Energy can't be created nor destroyed however it can be transformed from one form to a another. Let's say the mass of the car was 500 kg and the speed is 30 miles per hour which is 13.4112 meters per second so KE=1/2 mv-squared =1/2*500*13.4112 meters per second squared= 44965.07136 joules
The formula for calculating the amount of Joules generated by a car wheel travelling at 30mph is J = 1/2 * m * v^2, where J is the amount of Joules, m is the mass of the car wheel, and v is the velocity (in meters per second).
To convert 30mph to meters per second, you can use the formula v (m/s) = v (mph) * 0.44704, where v is the velocity in meters per second and v is the velocity in miles per hour.
The average mass of a car wheel varies depending on the type and size of the car. However, a standard car wheel typically weighs around 20-30 pounds or 9-14 kilograms.
Using the formula J = 1/2 * m * v^2, we can calculate that a car wheel travelling at 30mph would generate approximately 3,375 Joules of energy.
The amount of Joules generated by a car wheel travelling at 30mph can be affected by factors such as the mass of the car wheel, the velocity, the condition of the road surface, and any external forces acting on the wheel (such as friction or wind resistance).