Ryar wrote: ↑30 Jan 2022, 17:06
cooken wrote: ↑30 Jan 2022, 16:51
Ryar wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 13:20
Thanks henry.
I did the calculation and it's less than 20%. If the cars are reduced to 2013 levels of weight (reduce 150 kgs), that would result in similar reduction in impact. But then the cars would go even faster with the reduced weight @ current power levels. So on a balance, the cars can be reduced to 700 kgs (reduce 90 kgs) and think of decreasing some power. This is something they can target for 2026 with the removal of MGU-H (and not increasing electrical boost as planned). That would make cars similarly fast to what they are now, lesser crash impact and more agile. Win win.
Sorry for being offtopic. I would stop here.
What calculation did you do exactly? 22% seems correct.
https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/impa ... _1780.html
I looked for F(max), which is the formula for calculating the crash impact force. Used the results between 340kph (94.4 m/s) and 790kg Vs 310kph (86.1 m/s) and 790kg. Then did the same calculation for 340kph (94.4 m/s) and 650kg. Let me know if there is something I have missed there.
1. You calculated a force when the other posters both mentioned energy. Those are not the same quantity, and using a force is not as useful as it requires several more assumptions.
2. You used 340km/h, whereas the value used by others was 350km/h.
Maybe just leave this sort of things to others...