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KnifeMissile · 11-30-2003, 01:59 PM

This is an interesting physics problem that I got as a high school student. I'm making the numbers up but I understand the problem so I can probably figure out the answer...

There is a 100kg aeroplane travelling at 200m/s landing on a 1000kg aircraft carrier floating in frictionless water. If the coefficient of friction (between the plane and carrier) is 0.1, then how long does the aircraft carrier need to be for the plane to land on it assuming that the normal force of friction (the weight of the plane) is constant throughout the landing procedure.

If I have forgotten anything, just make the typical highschool assumptions necessary to solve the problem or come back to the forum to ask.

I hope you have fun!

11-30-2003, 01:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
KnifeMissile Location: Waterloo, Ontario	Resorting to physics problems as puzzles... This is an interesting physics problem that I got as a high school student. I'm making the numbers up but I understand the problem so I can probably figure out the answer... There is a 100kg aeroplane travelling at 200m/s landing on a 1000kg aircraft carrier floating in frictionless water. If the coefficient of friction (between the plane and carrier) is 0.1, then how long does the aircraft carrier need to be for the plane to land on it assuming that the normal force of friction (the weight of the plane) is constant throughout the landing procedure. If I have forgotten anything, just make the typical highschool assumptions necessary to solve the problem or come back to the forum to ask. I hope you have fun!