I use Autodesk Inventor's Dynamic Simulation to model collisions and some of the results for a specific simulation don't seem consistent. Glad I found your site, my name is Ben, and this question is something I'm working on professionally, not homework. Pointing down because the drag on the pointy end is smaller Is falling sideways there is a torque trying to orient it Some things, though, will reorient to minimize drag.įor example, a cone will orient pointing down because if it Vertical plane would reduce the air drag but it does not Simple parachute having a rigid disc and the load hangingįrom the center. Work if it reoriented itself to minimize drag. I think that 8,000 would doĭo objects falling from the sky reorient themselves to reduce friction with air (even if just a tiny bit)? The force was applied and its direction, and whether the Information I could find indicated that 1000 lb shouldīe adequate to break a neck but that the actual force wouldĭepend on circumstances-the individual, where So the average forceįor the head moving 3 inches would be about 8,000 lb.
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