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elisey4742019-02-23 18:30:20
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elisey474, 2019-02-23 18:30:20

Why does Newton's third law work?

Let us assume that the car under the action of the traction force (Ft) rushes into the wall. The wall stands on a smooth surface, the friction force is 0. It turns out that the wall will simply begin to slide and will not harm the car, although it seems like according to Newton's third law, the car should have broken under the action of a force applied to it equal in absolute value and opposite in direction to the traction force Ft.

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sim3x, 2019-02-23
@sim3x

It turns out that the wall will simply begin to slide and will not harm the car.
not true
The problem does not indicate that an absolutely elastic collision of two material points will occur.
In a real collision of a real car with a wall, not only the destruction of the wall, but also the collapse of the car can occur
although it seems like according to Newton's third law, the car should have broken down under the action of a force applied to it equal in absolute value and opposite in direction to the traction force Ft.
no.
Newton's 3rd law refers only to forces in the idealized case and does not consider the components into which the applied force can decompose
. For example, if the speed of a car is close to the speed of light, then the wall can evaporate upon collision

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Alexey selftrips.ru, 2019-04-03
@selftrips

The wall will start to slide, but why won't the car be harmed?
The slide will begin at a different speed. The speed of the car will change (from = wall sliding speed (inelastic), to moving in the opposite direction (elastic).
Depending on and as a result of how the speed of the car has changed, the parts responsible for this change (bumper, etc.) may be deformed.

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