m * v is momentum
force is m * a
and the problem is energy dissipations which used to go as 1/2 m*v^2
OK, I don’t get it.
Acceleration is the rate at which something is increasing it’s velocity. Right? Why is this relevant to the force generated when a mass moving at a particular velocity stops suddenly?
I suspect we’re saying the same thing. That the acceleration in question is actually the deceleration created when the mass stops moving.