Newton's 2nd Law: F=ma - Does Object A Feel Force?

[udar subedi]

in the Newtons second law of motion we study "F=ma" letters having their usual meanings.
so if any object say"A" comes in the way of a huge object "B", moving with a constant velocity; a=0, doesn't the object "a" feel any force upon him?

 

[CompuChip]

When two objects collide, they are in contact for a while. At that time they exert a force on one another and they will accelerate (that is, one will decelerate and the other will accelerate, so in the end the moving one will go slower and the stationary one will be moving = going faster). The amount of time for which they are in contact is usually very short though. Also, we hardly ever need to know exactly how long it is, as problems involving colliding objects can usually be solved by looking at the (kinetic) energies before and after the collision.

Was that your question?

 

[stewartcs]

if any object say"A" comes in the way of a huge object "B", moving with a constant velocity; a=0, doesn't the object "a" feel any force upon him?

Object A will feel an effective force which is approximately equal to m*v/t

where,

m = mass of object B
v = velocity of object B
t = time of contact

 

[udar subedi]

that is pretty much an answer i had presumed.
But,force being a vector quantity has its effect in the direction in which an object accelerates. in the case, when "A" hits "B", "A" accelerates in opp. direction to "B", giving raise to a force in backward direction(the direction from which it is comming). Now how come "B" eperiences force and starts moving along with "A"?

 

[otg]

The answer to your question is perhaps Newton's third law? Action - reaction