curventa/Bloodhound
Equations of motion, momentum conservation, fluid flow, circular motion and properties of materials all help give insight into some of the challenges involved in breaking the world landspeed record.
The Bloodhound SSC project (Figure 1) aims to build a supersonic car (SSC) that will travel at 1000 mph. The 3-year project, which was launched in October 2008, presents huge engineering challenges. This article looks at the physics underlying some of those challenges.
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