from Michael Porter:
>f=ma
Almost there...
What we're really dealing with here is *energy*, not force, not momentum.
The brakes/tires/etc. must convert the total energy into heat. The total
energy is:
e = 1/2mv^2 ("one-half em vee squared")
If the mass is the same, and the velocity (v) is the same, the amount of
energy is the same...
I'll not get into the specifics; by keeping the total energy in mind you
can figure it out easily.
Lee M. Daniels Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding
daniels@tamu.edu Texas A&M University
'74 TR6 '88 XJ6 http://www.automate-it.com/Lee/
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