Impact Definition and 956 Threads

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    Irregular Tri Mesh: Impact & Repair?

    As in the subject. I have created tri mesh on my solid and it is completely irregular. Does it have any impact on later results of the analysis? Can it be repaired somehow? I attached a picture in case you would like to see it. I am working with Marc MSC
  2. G

    Initial Velocity before impact

    HI gurus I have found helped on this forum, that I am trying again. I would like to know the steps I should follow in other to find the following I would like to find out how fast a car was going before impact, if after a T collision one of the car steer right and stop at 8 Meters...
  3. C

    Understanding Velocity Ratio and its Impact on Lever Orders

    Velocity ratio is defined as the ratio of the distance moved by effort and load, in the same time interval. It is said and known : that in the first order of lever, velocity ratio is usually greater than 1 but could be less or equal to 1. Why do we say that? And what does it mean? In the...
  4. R

    An odd one regarding impact force

    This is going to sound odd but I am hoping to use physics to defend an allegation made by my ex-wife. She alleges that I threw a knife into my kitchen sink and it bounced up and stuck into the ceiling (in reality I was overseas when the knife was broken by her brother - I'm just hoping to use as...
  5. S

    Impact of a Fluid Jet Experiment

    Homework Statement We recently did an experiment involving the impact of fluid jet on both plane and cupped surfaces. See the diagram attached for the experimental set up. We were asked to 1) verify the conservation of momentum and 2) calculate the discharge coefficient of the nozzle from...
  6. P

    Exploring the Impact of Increasing Eggs on Apples/Egg Ratios

    If you are given a ratio, say apples to eggs and you were to increase the number of eggs but keep the number of apples the same, would you say that the ratio of apples to eggs is reduced, as when you divided apples by eggs, the number would be smaller if eggs are increased and apples remain...
  7. A

    Impact Factors/Peer Review in Physics Journals

    Hey everyone, I'm interested in people's opinions about Impact Factors and how useful they are in ranking scientific journals. For extra information I've made an infographic about the top physics journals as measured by Thomson Reuters in their journal citation reports and it's accessible here...
  8. M

    Car-Tree Impact Force: Understanding Newton's Third Law

    A moving car crashes with a tree. Will the impact force on the car by the tree equal to the impact force on the tree by the car? Does Newton's third law apply here?
  9. M

    Falling: How Our Body Absorbs Force & Reducing Impact

    How does our body absorb the force from falling? And if we roll or bend our knees while landing why is the force felt by our body less? Can somebody explain?
  10. K

    Calculation of Peak Impact force

    I am a M-tech student working on a project of Drop weight impact testing machine for measuring the crashworthiness of structure. As it will be a lab-scale model, the budget doesn't allow me to include load cells for measuring peak impact force by load-displacement graph. I am planning to...
  11. P

    Solid - solid impact force peak

    how would i go about calculating the peak force of an impact between two solids i assume it has to do with the how readily the structure compresses but I am not sure what else might complicate it from there also what if one of the objects fractures and what about granular impacts
  12. S

    Calculating Time of Impact for a Ball Thrown Against a Wall

    Homework Statement A ball of mass 50g is thrown horizontally against a wall such that it strikes it at a velocity of 12ms-1. If it exerts a force of 3N on the wall, determine the time of impact.Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I drew the diagram and made the direction and wrote the...
  13. A

    Aircraft landing impact & tires forces analysis

    how is the smartest, can do the analysis? Ok when the Airplane touch the runway. the rear wheels touch first, in part of second, the rear tires skidding and then start to spin up. I need to analysis the forces to find: friction torque, skidding, slip ratio,... you can use any data or just...
  14. M

    Quadratic equation - how to understand the impact of the middle term?

    Hi, I am trying understand if there is a quick way to figure out the impact of the X term in a quadratic equation. For example, by looking at the following equation, I know that it is a parabola (X^2) ; by looking at 24, I know that it is the y-intercept. However, I don't know what is the...
  15. T

    Is There any impact of the concept of Einstein’s New Ether in science

    Is There any impact/will there be any: of the concept of Einstein’s New Ether in science today? I red that even though Einstein rejected aether in his relativity theory he introduced it back in 1920 to explain his theory of gravity. I don't know if he ever published it as a theory or it has...
  16. K

    Finding the force during impact

    Homework Statement An inspector performed a drop test: He released a plastic electronic product (2kg) at the height 1.3m from the ground. The plastic product than hit the ground, and bounced 0.1m after impact. Time of contact =0.1s Find the maximum force acting on the object during impact...
  17. T

    Calculating impact velocity of freefalling object with increasing grav

    Homework Statement A spaceship is in a vertical free fall towards an airless moon. It starts out at 1,247,000m above sea level and has an initial vertical speed of -132 m/s. The moon's radius is 200,000m and gravity at sea level is 1.63 M/s^2, but decreases with distance. Calculate the...
  18. C

    Peak impact force of a falling object

    Hi there, I'm trying to work out how much force is produced if a climber was to fall onto a rope. I do realize that it would depend on the rope and whether it stretched or not but for this case let's just say it does not have any give in it. If I use the example of a climb who weighs...
  19. J

    Q: How to measure the force of impact of 100,000 lbs/sq inch or more?

    Hello readers! I have a question for you: My father designs and builds post pounders (machines similar to pile drivers use to "pound" wooden fence posts into the ground). He has had great success building new and innovative pounders and would like to know just how hard they are capable of...
  20. P

    Impact of a horseshoe hitting a metal stake

    I am trying to write a program in Action Script that describes the reaction of a horseshoe hitting a stake based on the design of the impact location, i.e., rounded, flat, etc., and the velocity of impact. The location of the center of mass is known. The impact location can vary depending on...
  21. R

    What is the difference between Impact and sudden loading?

    What is the difference between Impact and sudden loading? Explanation with an example would be convenient.
  22. B

    Approximate impact force upon landing with parachute

    Homework Statement So this isn't a homework question, just something my brother-in-law asked me. He is in the Army, and wanted to know an approximate landing force he would experience when he lands. After attempting the problem, and looking things over, I realized it may be harder than once...
  23. jim mcnamara

    Younger Dryas - likely the result of meteor impact

    Origin and provenance of spherules and magnetic grains at the Younger Dryas boundary Yingzhe Wu, Mukul Sharma, Malcolm A. LeCompte, Mark N. Demitroff, and Joshua D. Landis PNAS 2013 ; published ahead of print September 5, 2013, doi:10.1073/pnas.1304059110 From the pnas.org overview: The...
  24. K

    How to apply force to individual rigid bodies based on impact?

    Hello, SCENARIO : I am a game developer and I am playing around with rigidbodies. I have a piece of wall which might get impact by an external force. The wall has in turn several other broken pieces (hidden for the moment) put up together to resemble this huge wall. Upon impact I switch...
  25. T

    Calculating stress as a result of an impact?

    I'm wondering if there is a calculation that can be used to work out the maximum stress on an object upon impact. Say for example an object strikes a rigid wall, how would one go about calculating the stress on that object?
  26. P

    Why we use v-notch in charpy impact test ?

    Why we use v-notch in charpy impact test ?
  27. S

    Optimizing Steel Cable Strength for Stopping a 17,000 lb Vehicle at 10mph

    I have a complicated problem I'd like some assistance with. I have a 17,000 lb vehicle traveling at 10mph and impacting a series of 4000lb jersey barriers connected by a 1" steel cable through the inside of the jersey barriers. The cable will be anchored at each end by 22,000lb blocks...
  28. S

    Momentum, force, energy and impact to break something.

    Ok I've been trying to figure out the difference between dropping something very heavy onto glass breaking the glass and throwing a penny at glass fast enough to cause it to shatter. specifically what I am trying to figure out is how does energy, and change in momentum relate to force...
  29. J

    Finding range given impact velocity?

    A projectile shot over level ground hits the ground with a velocity of 65m/s at an angle of 25° below the horizontal. What was the horizontal range of the projectile? 170m 330m 780m 360m If something is launched over a horizontal plane, does Vi=Vf? (same magnitude and velocity) (but...
  30. K

    IMPACT FORCE of a ball in an inclined plane

    [b]1. What would be the effect on the impact force of a lower or higher release point of a metal ball in an inclined plane. [b]2. I don't know what to do here.. or how to answer. My teacher told us to include formulas to prove our answers.
  31. K

    Crash Impact Sensors: How Do They Work in Airbag Systems?

    Hi, Can anyone please tell me how does crash impact sensors work in an airbag system? Like, I want to know at what force does the sensors send the signals to the airbag control unit. And can these sensors be incorporated to the rear bumper as well? I am planning to incorporate this sensor for...
  32. I

    Photons Impact on the Visual Process

    My goal is to build a software program that simulates the function of the eye. As I (barely) understand things, a single photon can bounce off an object and enter my eye. Q1 - Does the photon determine the color? If not, what determines the color of that single wave/particle? Q2 - How...
  33. A

    Solving Ball's Wall Impact Time w/Force & Mass

    Homework Statement A ball is being pulled by a force given by ##F=kv^2##. Where "k" already includes the mass of the ball. After 10m it will run into a wall. The initial speed is 1m/s and there are no other forces involved. How much time does it take for the ball to hit the wall? Homework...
  34. andyrk

    Oblique Impact of a smooth sphere against a fixed plane

    A sphere of mass 'm' collides with a fixed plane with initial speed 'u' at an angle 'α'(alpha). The sphere rebounds with speed 'v' at an angle 'β' with the normal. The plane being fixed remains at rest. We applied Newton's Experimental law( along the common normal(CN) The equation after...
  35. S

    Technological Impact of Quantum Computing

    What will the technological impact of Quantum Computing be? What meaningful benefits will Quantum Computing bring humanity? What will be the order of progression of its impact? How will Quantum Computing advance our technological growth curve? Where will the money in Quantum Computing be...
  36. K

    Simulating deformation from impact with static load possible?

    Hi everyone, For current project at work I am looking into possibility of simulating deformation from impact with static force. Here is the input data: A ball of 0.5 kg at speed of 25 km/h crashes into a damping foam which is placed on a rigid wall. Stopping (deformation) distance in the foam...
  37. D

    The Impact of Running on Mass: Albert Einstein's Theory

    Hey folks i got a doubt, one of the theories of Albert einstein say everytime we run for example our mass become a little tiny for example one person have 80 pounds when you start run you have for example 79 pounds of weight because of the speed, and when you stop running your mass go back to 80...
  38. A

    Deformation of string from impact of an object with constant velocity

    If a car with no acceleration, only velocity, hits my spring with a spring constant K What will be the deformation in string? How do I calculate the force from impact while acceleration is equal to 0?
  39. B

    Connection to Nature: The Impact of Rubber Soles

    While sitting contemplating life today, I had a thought. Naturally were connected to the earth...The civilizations throughout history had a much deeper profound connection to it as well. The only difference besides technological advances is we wear shoes with rubber soles...Rubber is not...
  40. M

    What was the impact of Plank's solution to the UVC?

    What was the impact of Max Plank's solution to the Ultraviolet Catastrophe on the Quantum Theory? Who do you think had a more significant impact, Plank of Einstein? Thank you!
  41. M

    Atomic Energy: Missing Electron Impact

    Why is the energy of an atom with one electron missing greater than that of the neutral atom?
  42. M

    Relative velocities - Velocity of impact

    Homework Statement https://dl.dropbox.com/u/51681259/physics_diag.png Object C & P are moving at the same constant velocity to the right, in the configuration of the image. The friction between object C and the ground is 0. Suddenly the friction increases to μ=0.9 between the ground and...
  43. sergiokapone

    Impact of rolling sphere with vertical rod

    Homework Statement Uniform sphere of mass ##m## and radius ##r##, rolling without slipping on a horizontal surface at a velocity ##v_0##, hits the end of a rod of length ##l## and mass ##10m##, hanging on a hinge (Figure). Determine how the ball will move and the rod after the impact. What time...
  44. D

    What Was the Force of Impact on My Mom During a Biking Accident?

    Homework Statement This isn't for homework or anything like that, just something that happened to my mom around 2 years ago that I'm trying to calculate what forces she was subjected to. She and my dad were walking the family dog (not that it's relevant, but I'm an adult and don't live at...
  45. A

    How High Should a Soccer Ball Be Kicked to Clear a 2.20m Bar with a Bounce?

    Homework Statement Determine the initial velocity with which a soccer player must kick the ball, such that the ball bounces and then achieves maximum height of 2.20 m at point C or just passing under the horizontal bar. Coefficient of restitution between the ball and the field is e=0.5...
  46. D

    Quantifying impact of boost leak on a turbocharged engine

    Is there a general equation that can be used to determine the impact that a leak of a given size will have on a turbocharged engine? For example, if I know the expected boost for a given operating point (air mass through the system, pressure, temperature, etc) and I know the actual boost, can I...
  47. K

    Revolutionize Crash Safety: 90 Ton Impact Absorber for Cars

    Hi everyone I have been working with materials that can absorb huge impacts. I have recently succesfully created a system that can absorb 4 tons of force acting against it. With a little work around this I can largly increase force absorbing capabilities to 90 tons without major...
  48. A

    Speed of a vehicle at moment of impact

    if a saab 93 estate approx weight 1600kg is hit in the passager door head on by a toyota avensis weighing 1380kg what speed does it have to be doing to move the saab 10 feet to the side. additional weighs involved are saab plus one person 100kg toyota additional two persons approx 130kg dry...
  49. A

    Sledge hammer physics, impact momentum

    I need to find reasonable numbers for acceleration of a sledge hammer when striking a mass of rubber? A strong man can raise the hammer to 8 ft, then brings it down hard. What is reasonable velocity of the hammer before it contacts the mass of rubber? How much resilience is there, what is the...
  50. Q

    Is there a difference between contact time and impact time? (collsion)

    This is from my textbook: I'm slightly confused about the bit underlined in red. Do you think its in reference to the sentence just before where it talks about situations of vehicles remaining tangled? (so for other cases, contact time = impact time, right?) also, I don't really...
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