Question

A railroad car of mass 2,000 kg traveling at a velocity v = 10 m/s is stopped at the end of the tracks by a spring-damper system, as shown in fig. 1. if the stiffness of the spring is k = 80 n/mm and the damping constant is c = 20 n-s/mm, determine:

Answer 1

stopped at the end of the tracks by a spg-damper system, as shown in fig. 1