On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 6:21 PM, David Hutto <dwightdhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > The difference in our opinions, seems to be that there is an initial resting > state, and not at an already accelerated motion that has reached it's > maximum capacity. > > > So there is a dynamic in my mind's eye, where the object is at a "resting" > point initially, and either the environment, or the object can maneuver > their own viscosity in relation to the other.
The initial state, in this problem, is of a vehicle moving at a known speed (an input to the formula; it's a variable, but one that we know at that point). Friction, viscosity, etc, etc, etc are all handled elsewhere; these trains are generally way overpowered, and the onboard computer caps the power and non-emergency braking such that the change in speed never exceeds 0.85 m/s/s. I don't know how exactly it goes about that, but for the purposes of this test, we can assume that it's able to achieve that acceleration. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
