Question

A car is driven over a curb twice—once very slowly and once quite rapidly. What would you need to know about the car in the second case that you did not need to know in the first case if you were required to find the tire force that resulted from going over the curb?

Answer 1

Answer:

You'd need to know things like the weight of the car, the spring constant of the suspension springs.

Explanation:

Driving over the curb slowly does not have much of an "impact" because of the small potential energy it has but to find the force that results from going over the curb at a much higher speed, you would need to know the weight of the car since it directly impact the force that it applies. You also would need to know about the car's suspension, the spring material, how stiff the springs are and their spring constant to calculate the force they absorb.

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