Physics of Car Crashes
- Grade Level: Senior High (10-12)
- Subjects: Physics
- Produced By: Classroom Video
- Year: 1997
- Country: Australia
- Language: English
- Running Time: 18m
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There are a lot of crashes in this video. We stop a car at different distances and graph the average stopping force vs distance and examine the following topics; concept of crumple zone to increase stopping distance in a crash, eEnergy and damage depends on square of speed, and stopping distance depends on square of speed.