How to calculate the force exerted on car when it hits the wall? Assume mass, velocity and other parameters..

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theeric · Answer

This link should be helpful: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/impulse.html There will probably not be just one steady force. But you can calculate what the average force must have been in order to cause the acceleration. You can use $F=ma$, but that is not sufficient in that form in real life because not all of the mass will be moving the entire time in a car crash. There is another principle in physics called impulse, that might interest you. The site I provided a link to is great for research! :)