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Yes, I have already realized these calculations through an Excel sheet. Though I have failed to mention that the parachute actually presents a huge factor to slowing down the tank to a speed of 43m/s. Here the Graph of the collision is shown. The x-axis shows the time, while the y-axis is just...

Thank you very much for your response! I have done as you said and have come up with a good result. But I wish now to put this into context and compare it to a deceleration hitting the ground (concrete for example). Assuming the two surfaces are not elastic, how can I determine an impact...

here is a link to the relevant scene. But my question purely bases on how much force the collision generates. With the inclusion of the A-Team, I simply assume that they all have taken a downward facing position, in which the most force toleratable is equal to 45 G's. And sorry for not...

I'm writing a paper on the movie realism of the A-team movie. The basic situation is that the guys are falling inside a tank with terminal velocity into a lake. I'm stumped on how to calculate the force that is created on impact, though I imagined it being done with some kind of pulse equation...