No, according to Mythbusters ( http://mythbustersresults.com/mythssion-control ).
They crashed one car traveling 100 mph into a solid wall, and the compared that to crashing 2 cars traveling at 50mph crashing into each other, and say that the 2 cars crashing at 50mph is equivalent to 1 car crashing at 50mph against a solid wall.
I think that is flawed, here's why:
It should have been two cars hitting each other at 50mph.
Then compare that to one car moving at 100mph hitting a stationary car, not an unmoving solid wall that does not compress or have crumple zones.
That would be a far more accurate comparison than the one car hitting a solid wall that does not move.
What do you think? I'm not a mechanical engineer but something seems off to me in the wall comparison vs 2 cars crashing at 50mph against each other. A wall is never the same as a crumbling car at any speed...
They crashed one car traveling 100 mph into a solid wall, and the compared that to crashing 2 cars traveling at 50mph crashing into each other, and say that the 2 cars crashing at 50mph is equivalent to 1 car crashing at 50mph against a solid wall.
I think that is flawed, here's why:
It should have been two cars hitting each other at 50mph.
Then compare that to one car moving at 100mph hitting a stationary car, not an unmoving solid wall that does not compress or have crumple zones.
That would be a far more accurate comparison than the one car hitting a solid wall that does not move.
What do you think? I'm not a mechanical engineer but something seems off to me in the wall comparison vs 2 cars crashing at 50mph against each other. A wall is never the same as a crumbling car at any speed...
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