Colonel John P. Stapp, USAF, participated in studying whether a jet pilot could survive emergency ejection. On March 19, 1954, he rode a rocket-propelled sled that moved down a track at a speed of 632 mi/h. He and the sled were safely brought to rest in 1.40 s.
a) Determine the negative acceleration he experienced (in m/s2).
b) Determine the distance he traveled during this negative acceleration (in m).
d) What If? Col. Stapp was able to walk away from this experiment. If the human body can survive a negative acceleration five times that experienced by Col. Stapp, what minimum stopping time (in s) would this correspond to in the 1954 experiment?
Colonel John P. Stapp, USAF, participated in studying whether a jet pilot could survive emergency ejection....
Colonel John P. Stapp, USAF, participated in studying whether a jet pilot could survive emergency ejection. On March 19, 1954, he rode a rocket-propelled sled that moved down a track at a speed of 632 mi/h. He and the sled were safely brought to rest in 1.40 s (see figure below). (a) Determine the negative acceleration he experienced. m/s2 (b) Determine the distance he traveled during this negative acceleration. m Colonel John P. Stapp, USAF, participated in studying whether a...