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Which will hurt more?

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-26 18:49 ID:ahCu2vnP

getting hit by a ball moving at a constant speed V

or getting hit by the same ball with speed V which was accelerating all the way to the point of impact.

Name: Anonymous 2007-05-26 22:37 ID:Heaven

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There is no difference, when discussing from a physics point of view, between "blunt" and "sharp" forces.

The idea that a sharp object can do more damage with less momentum is just a colloquial expression of the point my post was making: that pressure is the deciding factor, not momentum.

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