What is Crash: Definition and 206 Discussions

Crash Bandicoot is a video game franchise, originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console and has seen numerous installments created by numerous developers and published on multiple platforms. The series consists predominantly of platform games, but also includes spin-offs in the kart racing and party game genres. The series was originally produced by Universal Interactive, which later became known as Vivendi Games; in 2007, Vivendi merged with Activision, which currently owns and publishes the franchise.
The games are mostly set on the fictitious Wumpa Islands, an archipelago situated to the south of Australia where humans and mutant animals co-exist, although other locations are common. The main games in the series are largely platformers, but several are spin-offs in different genres. The protagonist of the series is a genetically enhanced bandicoot named Crash, whose quiet life on the Wumpa Islands is often interrupted by the games' main antagonist, Doctor Neo Cortex, who created Crash and wants him dead as he is a failed experiment. In most games, Crash must defeat Cortex and foil his plans for world domination.

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    Force Problem with crash test car

    A set of crash tests consists of running a test car moving at a speed of 11.4 meters/sec (26 mph) into a solid wall. Strapped securely in an advanced seat belt system, a 59kg (130 lbs) dummy is found to move a distance of 0.66 meters from the moment the car touches the wall to the time the car...
  2. A

    Question regarding a car crash

    My driving instructor told me that if you know you are going to crash into another car, then brake right before contact. Wouldn't it make more sense start to brake as early as possible because it would decrease velocity which would decrese the force of impact?
  3. S

    What are the key factors in understanding crash testing?

    hello everyone, I'm doing a presententation on the physics of crash testing next week. It should be around 10-12 mins, and I need to cover Environmental, Social, Technological and obviously Physics of the topic. Any help, tips, or information would be greatly appreciated? even book names that...
  4. J

    Did a White Bottle of Acid Cause Local People to Crash and Burn in My Area?

    some local people in my areas got crash and burn black after a personel made a mistake to pour white bottle of acid on the carpit floor
  5. ~christina~

    Car Crash and Such: Investigation and Analysis

    [SOLVED] Car Crash and such Homework Statement At 1320 on the last Friday in September 1989 a frantic call was received at the local police station. There had been a serious automobile accident at the intersection of Main Street and State Street, with injuries involved. Lt. John Henry...
  6. G

    Reconstructing Auto Accident: Truck & Sports Car

    Homework Statement Skid marks at auto accidents are used to reconstruct traffic accidents. In this particular scenario, a truck of mass 1750kg moving with a velocity of (22m/s, 90 degrees) collided with a sports car of mass 1025 kg moving with an unknown velocity. After the collision, the...
  7. B

    Car bumper crash - deformation

    Homework Statement hi all, Given: a car is reversing at 4km/h, weight = 1500kg... n whamps into a lamp post. I'm suppose to calculate the bending of the bumper, which is made of AlZn4,5Mg1 material. bumper is 900mm long n fix onto the car body dimension : 80x80mm U profile with a 5mm...
  8. B

    Meteor crash in Peru, Hundreds Ill

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/09/19/wperu.jpg "Eyewitnesses watched a fiery ball fall from the sky and smash into the remote Andean plain near the Bolivian border on Saturday, local media reported." "When villagers went to investigate, they encountered fetid, noxious...
  9. P

    Emergency beacons and airplane crash

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  10. zimo

    What is the velocity of an object dropped from a high altitude?

    Homework Statement An object (mass=1000kg) is dropped from 498,447 metres above the Earth's surface, what will be it's velocity upon impact? Homework Equations Energy equivalency. The Attempt at a Solution 2G*(Earth's Mass)*((1/(earth radius))-(1/earth radius + 498,447))=v^2...
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    What is the best way to minimize damage in a car crash?

    Homework Statement You're in a car, and you see a car coming at you in the opposite direction. Assume that both cars are identical in all matters including velocity and mass (neither given). To your left and right are a brick wall, you will hit this head on if you swerve. Is it better to...
  12. J

    Economic crash : who wins , who looses

    hey was wondering when there's an economic crash, like the wall street crash who looses money , that's the most evident, the actioneers but who wins money ? because in a logic, if one person looses money, someone must be gaining money unless if a crash causes a decrease of the total world...
  13. T

    Crash course in abstract algebra

    I'm thinking about taking the math GRE in December but I've never studied abstract algebra--all this about rings and groups just flies right over my head. Can anyone recommend a good introductory book? I'm thinking one of the Dover works might be good since they seem to emphasize problem...
  14. T

    What Forces Were Involved in Richard Hammond's Car Crash?

    [b]1. What forces were involved in Richard Hammond's car crash? (the little presenter on Top Gear):smile: Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution
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    Is the World Approaching the Inevitable Hubbert's Peak of Oil Production?

    In 1956, Hubbert proposed that fossil fuel production in a given region over time would follow a bell-shaped curve without giving a precise formula; he later used the Hubbert curve, the derivative of the logistic curve, for estimating future production. Hubbert assumed that after fossil fuel...
  16. marcus

    Details on the galaxy crash in our future

    Abraham Loeb is one of the top people in his profession. Interesting that he should be using computer sims to study something very close to home like this. http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.1170 The Collision Between The Milky Way And Andromeda T.J. Cox, Abraham Loeb (Harvard/CfA) submitted to...
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    Momentum Theory To Solve Car Crash?

    I wonder if someone might suggest an approach to solve this problem? A vehicle weighing 5000 lbs is moving at 10 mph and is struck from behind by a vehicle weighing 5000 lbs and moving at a high rate of speed. The slow-moving vehicle is pushed forward a distance of 150 feet. How fast was...
  18. V

    News Wall Street Crash: Was Milton Friedman Right?

    Milton Friedman said that the depression that started in 1929 resulted from banks losing their nerve and failing to shore up the US economy.Was he right?
  19. B

    Design a Freeway Barrier to Stop a Truck & Protect an Egg

    Hi, i have a project I am currently working on for school and i have to design a freeway type barrier that can stop a truck and keep an egg from breaking inside the truck. Anyone got any ideas because everything I've tryed so far has been crappy. Here are the rules Each team shall construct a...
  20. K

    Car Crash Simulation: Calculating Damage & Enhancement Effects

    Hi.. I am trying to create a car crash simulation. what i want to do is to simulate two cars crashing and calculate the damage that was induced on both cars with the given speed, mass etc. part 2 of that simulation is an enhancement on car A. I would put beams on the doors of the cars to lessen...
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    Why do cars get deformed in high-speed crashes?

    I have a question. Let's say a car is moving at 100 miles an hour and hits a 15 inch thick steel beam, the car would most likely go flying back and get deformed (assuming the beam is being held into place somehow, like being bolted into the ground or something). Based on my understanding of...
  22. -Job-

    Crash Internet Explorer 6 & 7 with a Single Click

    At work i accidently created some Javascript that crashes Internet Explorer 6 & 7. I decided to put it on a page so that anyone can crash their IE by clicking a button. It's interesting because it doesn't use an infinite loop or anything like that, it's just a straight crash...
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    Crash reconstruction question

    What formula(s) would I use to find the initial velocity of a vehicle that has impacted a second vehicle in a same direction crash. There are no tire marks on the roadway and no braking involved. Thanks.
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    Time elapsed between seeing a crash and hearing the crash

    Homework Statement A race car fan is sitting in the first row at the beginning of a 1.5 km front stretch of a racetrack. A race car driver coming around the final turn is approaching the fan’s position at 99.5 m/s. The driver sees a car wreck ahead and slams on the brakes causing the car to...
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    Calculate Speed of Light & Heavier Car After Collision at Intersection

    A police officer is investigating the scene of an accident where two cars collided at an intersection. One car with a mass of 1135 kg moving west had collided with a 1300 kg car moving north. The two cars, stuck together, skid at an angle of 30° north of west for a distance of 25 m. The...
  26. A

    Car crash collision calculation

    i am doing a physics project where you have to draw a situation and explain as much physics as possible. So me and my friends anre doing a car crash, actually a car hitting a pole. And we want to know a formula to calculate how much the pole will be pushed back/dented or if broken from base.
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    Could Vehicle A's higher acceleration have caused the crash at a 4-way stop?

    This is a real life situation, no homework associated. I am a mechanical engineer by degree, but have not actively worked in the field for over 20 years. However, I remember enough to be dangerous. I am looking for some high level, back of the envelope analysis. My wife was involved in an...
  28. Pengwuino

    The new VW car crash commercials

    I'm sure some people have seen it but in short, the commercials go something like this: Family or friends talking in a car, driving along, or something very casual and normal. Their conversation seems random enough. All of a sudden, you see (from an in-car viewpoint) a car/truck coming...
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    Crash Course in Chem: Enthalpy, Bombo Calorimeter & Molecular Weight/Moles

    Does anyone have any links or places for me to look for a crash course in enthalpy, bombo calorimeter, and equations dealing with molecular weight or moles in general? I took a physics class worried about my lack of chemistry background, but everyone told me not to worry about it... Well...
  30. cronxeh

    Witnessing a Crash: A Story of Imminent Danger and Heroic Response

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  31. F

    Car Crash Scenario Math: Is 114285 Pa Too High?

    Hi I am trying to simulate a car crash scenario mathematically and come up with reasonable numbers for a project. The problem is I do the calculations and everything seems mathematically correct but the numbers seem weird. I simulated an 80 kg passanger in a car crash that was going 20 m/s...
  32. O

    How to Design an Egg Crash Landing Device Using Limited Materials

    Hey, I need to design an egg crash landing device in order to protect an egg that is being dropped from various heights. The catch is I am only allowed to use 1 metre of masking tape and 10 sheets of computer paper. If anybody has done this experiment before or have any suggestions, I...
  33. V

    Estimating Car Crash Force: Can We Determine Impact in LBS?

    How would you accurately estimate the force of a car crash? Say, a 2,500lb vehicle has an impact with a wall @ 30mph.. How would you accurately estimate the force in LBS, Is it possible?
  34. B

    Motorcycle Crash Math: Energy Calculation

    Hi All. Sorry if I am bugging but I have a question. I am not a physics person but would like to see if someone can do some quick math for me. First go Here: http://motorcyclistonline.com/newsandupdates/155mphcrash/ Then if anyone wants to... A motorcycle weighing approx 425lbs...
  35. Moonbear

    NASA Astrologist sues NASA over comet crash

    http://reuters.excite.com//article/20050705/2005-07-05T134242Z_01_L04309275_RTRIDST_0_ODD-RUSSIA-HOROSCOPE-DC.html :rolleyes: :smile: I feel bad for whoever the people are at NASA who have to actually deal with the legal nonsense, but I sure do wish I was there to see the expression on the...
  36. M

    How can I prove my innocence in a three-car crash using physics?

    I need to do some homework for court. It has been more than 30 years since I was in a physics class. I was the middle car in a three-car crash at a stop light - traffice started to move after the light turned green, then all of a sudden someone in the line in front hit their breaks. The...
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    Fatal Pressure in Car Crashes with Airbags & Seatbelts

    Hello, for a part of my grade 11 physics paper I have to describe how air bags are useful in car crashes. So far what I've done is a sample crash, calculating how much force is on the driver, then i calculated the pressure that would be on the driver. I was wondering how much pressure would be...
  38. hypatia

    Tragic Loss: 3 MSU Students Killed in MI Crash

    http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7896073/ Today I went to a tree planting in honor of these students, sponsored by all the other teams in the event. About 20 people from MSU came. A few of them will spend the night with me. The accident happened a few weeks back, there past the state of shock, and...
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    Crash Course in E&M: Help Needed for Exam Tomorrow

    Dunno who already knows... but a recap... I thought i'd failed physics... i though my final exam wouldn't even matter... i decided i'd retake the class, and not take the final... emailed my prof finally... he decides to give me a second chance... if i can get a C on the final... he'll pass me...
  40. Andrew Mason

    Why can't SR explain why electrons do not crash into the nucleus?

    In a recent discussion in this thread I wrote: Using classical mechanics and electomagnetism, work out the speed that an electron would have to have in order to orbit a hydrogen nucleus at a distance of 10^-12 m: F_c = \frac{m_ev^2}{r} = \frac{kq_e^2}{r^2} v = \sqrt{\frac{kq_e^2}{mr}}...
  41. R

    O Physics: Why doesn’t the electron crash into the proton?

    Why doesn’t the Electron crash into the proton?? We know in an H atom the e- is attracted to the + charge of the proton. And it wants to get down to the "0 level" orbit. But what makes that level zero – or why does e- stop going down? Is there another force that counteracts the force of...
  42. R

    What average force did the seat belt exert on the passenger during the crash?

    Alright, so here's the problem: A 75kg passenger in a van is wearing a seat belt when the van, moving at 15m/s, collides with the concrete wall. The front end of the van collapses 0.50m as ot comes to rest. a)What was the passenger's kinetic energy before the crash? b)What average force...
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    News Suicide bombers crash van into mosque

    http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/03/iraq.main/index.html I like this news bit because it clearly dissociates the motives of (some?) insurgents from any rational religious ideal. I would have liked to find the same on Aljazeera though.
  44. G

    What Are Antiparticles and Their Role in the Universe?

    I've been reading a lot lately, stephen hawkings mostly, a few others as well, but its difficult. The more things i read on the same subjects the better i understand the fundamental ideas, but its still difficult. One thing i have trouble grasping is anti particles. I've never been introduced to...
  45. T

    Crash Test Dummy: Head Impact Parameter & Force Estimation

    A typical car with a dummy crashed into a wall, what is a suitable parameter for the head of the crash test dummy(with and without restraints) as a function of time? and how do i estimate the forces acting on the head in the two situations? Thanks a lot :confused:
  46. Clausius2

    Can Lights Be Heard at Light Speed? The Surprising Discovery in Galactic Traffic

    Some day I was driving my spaceship that can go as faster as light velocity. (in year 2175 all of us believe Einstein was wrong). Suddenly, a dumb driver appeared in the galactic highway with a old fashioned spacecraft , and when I reach him I stood behind him wanting to express my angry. To my...
  47. marcus

    Learning Lessons from String Research Decline

    There has been a decline in string research. What lessons can we learn from this? First of all just to establish the basic fact, look at the numbers of papers posted on arXiv per 12-month period, there has been a substantial decline over the period 2000 to June 2004. I'll supply links to...
  48. B

    Air Flow Crash Course: Pressure Drop V. Vol, Speed, Duct Size & Shape

    Can anyone suggest a site where I can get a crash course in air flow? What I am looking for is pressure drop verses various volumes, speed, duct size, shape, etc. I have spent over an hour searching the net, but haven't had any luck. Thanks.
  49. U

    Inelastic Car Crash problem. HELP

    The problem is: The red car rear ended the blue car(who was stopped at a stop sign, with handbrake partly on) the cars ended up seperately on the other side of the intersection. We are asked to explain what happened, was the driver of the red car speeding etc. I am unsure how to start this...
  50. Ivan Seeking

    Avoiding A Crash Course In Planetary Defense

    Avoiding A “Crash Course” In Planetary Defense http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/neo_defense_040310.html
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