Say there is a 150 ton steam engine headed on way at 70 m.p.h. and a 60 ton Main battle tank (MBT) headed 40 m.p.h. the other and they collide head on at a combined speed of 110 m.p.h. Which would be me most recoganizable?
The locomotive weighs over 3 times as much and has much more momentum, but the tank is much more heavialy constructed for it's size than the train and pond for pound is much stronger. So what do you think?
2007-08-09 15:12:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
And no, I am not obsessing over people dying, it's just a physics question!
2007-08-09 15:13:48 · update #1
Locomotive because I've seen whole cities been avacuated after a locomotive colided. There's a lot of explosions afterwards and big ones.
2007-08-09 22:41:42 · answer #1 · answered by Lily R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A diesel electric locomotive weighs about 100 tons. A passenger train weighs about 300 tons. No matter how well- constructed that 60 ton tank is it will come out on the short end of that momentum-based collision. I say train wins.
2007-08-09 22:17:59 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
â I’m in engine, you are in tank;
my momentum M=150*70; your momentum m=60*40;
⣠clash!!!! M-m=8100 = (150+60)*v, hence v=270/7 is our common speed;
⦠my Îv =270/7 –70 =-31.4; your Îv = 270/7 +40= 78,6;
|-31.4| < |78,6|; conclusion: I win!
â I’ve got 1 broken leg, und Karlchen hat 2 Beine gebrochen!
2007-08-10 05:36:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, this one went over my head
2007-08-10 08:13:59 · answer #4 · answered by Crazygirl ♥ aka GT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I'll say one thing.... the force on both is equal.
2007-08-09 22:17:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋