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Re: closure of the universe
Posted By: Steve LevinsonDate: 10/2/02 8:31 a.m.

In Response To: Re: closure of the universe (D-M.A.)

: Not to declare your teacher an idiot, but; My physics teacher claimed that
: cars flip inwards in a curve if it comes into the curve with a faster
: velocity than the car can handle.

Boy, that makes a lot of assumptions - that the car does not make any change in angular velocity, that the car does not go into a skid and that the car does not hit any objects on the side of the road. In other words, to reproduce this, you would have to have front wheel drive and be on a circular track, keeping your sterring wheel fixed, and accelerate smoothly until the acceleration of the outside wheels relative to the inside wheels became sufficient to lift them off the pavement. Yes, I'm sure it's possible and that it probably happens, but I can assure you from my more reckless days that if you enter a curve at too high a speed, you'll go into a skid before you flip your car. Once that happens, everything depends on how the driver reacts and their misfortunes if they hit something. If they're stupid enough to steer away from the skid (or to try to avoid hitting something) and they slam on the breaks, as is human nature, the inside of the car will become airborne and the car will flip to the outside.

BTW, do you drive? does your physics teacher drive?

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closure of the universeAgent Shem 9/29/02 12:16 p.m.
     Re: closure of the universeLord Xeen 9/29/02 2:39 p.m.
           Re: closure of the universemillionmice 9/29/02 3:19 p.m.
                 Re: closure of the universeSean 9/29/02 8:16 p.m.
                       Re: closure of the universemillionmice 9/29/02 8:48 p.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeSisgmund 9/29/02 10:27 p.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universemillionmice 9/29/02 11:07 p.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeYossarian 9/30/02 1:12 a.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeSteve Levinson 9/30/02 7:58 a.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universePhil 9/30/02 9:56 a.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universemillionmice 10/1/02 12:42 a.m.
           Re: closure of the universeD-M.A. 9/30/02 7:52 a.m.
                 Re: closure of the universeTru7h 9/30/02 2:19 p.m.
                       Re: closure of the universemillionmice 10/1/02 12:51 a.m.
                             Re: closure of the universedarakat 10/1/02 4:09 a.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeYossarian 10/1/02 8:46 p.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeTru7h 10/2/02 6:05 p.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universeAgent Shem 10/3/02 6:27 a.m.
                       Re: closure of the universeD-M.A. 10/1/02 11:28 p.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeSteve Levinson 10/2/02 8:31 a.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universemillionmice 10/2/02 5:03 p.m.
                                   Re: closure of the universeD-M.A. 10/3/02 12:06 a.m.
                                         Re: closure of the universeTru7h 10/3/02 3:06 p.m.
                                               Re: closure of the universeD-M.A. 10/4/02 12:15 a.m.
                             Re: closure of the universeTru7h 10/2/02 6:00 p.m.
     Re: closure of the universeScifiteki 9/29/02 7:02 p.m.



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