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|    Richard Livingston to Luigi Fortunati    |
|    Re: The second principle and inertia    |
|    11 Oct 22 14:04:20    |
      From: richalivingston@gmail.com              On Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 2:23:59 AM UTC-5, Luigi Fortunati wrote:       > Richard Livingston lunedì 10/10/2022 alle ore 05:21:46 ha scritto:       >> ...       >       > The red force that at your suggestion I added to the rigid wagon of my       animation       > https://www.geogebra.org/m/adsgahwf       > in your opinion, is there or is it not?       >>> Is the acceleration of the two vagons the same?       >>       >> No, not initially. The water wagon will initially accelerate faster as       >> the effective mass is less (because the water is not moving yet). But       >> when the water sloshes back, towards the rear, it will slow down. The       >> exact motion depends on the "impedance" of the tractor pulling the       >> wagons.       > The water cannot move back and forth because the tank car is totally       > full and there are no empty spaces.               In that case the two cars will behave exactly the same.              Rich L.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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