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-> * Crashing at 90kph is equivalent to falling one storey
-> * Crashing at 110kph = falling 5 storeys
-> * Crashing at 125kph = falling 9 storeys
I found the following little program on my hard disk. It calculates the
velocity of a person who has fallen some distance, taking air
resistance into account. It's in "old" units, but I'm sure you can fix
that.
dow
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' bfall
g = 32 ' ft/sec^2
h = 230' bridge height
v = 0 ' speed of fall
s = 0 ' distance fallen
t = 200' terminal velocity, ft/sec
dt = .001' iteration time interval, secs
DO
v = v + g * dt * (1 - (v / t) ^ 2)
s = s + v * dt
LOOP UNTIL s >= h
PRINT v; "ft/sec, or";
PRINT v * 3600 / 5280; "miles per hour"
END
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