just buzzed in for lunch and checking this thread and noticed that my analogy
might be lost on many...so this video to show what meant...
Notice that when he lifts and drops one ball...only one ball is moved on the
other end.
Then when he drops two balls, only two balls are moved, etc
The kinetic energy is transferred to the mass of balls and only enough to move
whatever is transmitted from the same number of balls will be moved
Of course there is no crumple zone stuff, but direct and is the basics of this
thread...crash transfer of kinetic energy and how that is mitigated via crash
crumple zones
Newton's Cradle with bowling ballsThis one guy talks a bit deeper into the laws of physics of this topic
Newton's Cradle explained
