Forces and motion
5: Reaction times and stopping distances e.g. road vehicles and problem solving
using Newton's 2nd law equation and kinetic energy formula calculations
Sub-index for this
section on the physics
of road vehicles
5.1
Introduction and explaining stopping distances and the speed of
road vehicles
5.2
How to calculate thinking,
braking and stopping distances from velocity - time graphs
5.3
Factors affecting
thinking distance (hence stopping distance too)
5.4
Factors affecting braking distance (hence stopping distance too)
5.5
Graphical
analysis of stopping distances, speed and kinetic energy of a moving vehicle
5.6
More on the physics of
vehicle braking
and kinetic energy
5.7
Health
& safety issues related to collisions
involving road vehicles or cyclists
5.8
Some advanced
calculations on braking force and removing vehicle kinetic energy
5.9
Human response times - simple reaction
time experiments and calculations!
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