Lincoln LS defies physics?

[Spoooon]

I just saw a commercial for the Lincoln LS. The driver sets his coffee cup down and is driving along the road. As he accelerates, the steam from his coffee cup starts to flow toward the back seat. As he steers the car, the steam reacts accordingly. No wonder it's such an exhilarating ride. 😀

 

[Descartes]

Were the windows down? 🙂

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Were the windows down? 🙂

That's what I thought of as I was typing the post. If I recall correctly, they were rolled up. Either way, the steam would not have flowed left and right in accordance with the driver's steering. 🙂

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

that reminds of one of those god awful "mars" movies that came out a few years back. they had a scene where an astronaut was experience zero-G for the first time and in his exhileration he created a spinning constellation of DNA made out of skittles.

hehe

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: yamahaXS
that reminds of one of those god awful "mars" movies that came out a few years back. they had a scene where an astronaut was experience zero-G for the first time and in his exhileration he created a spinning constellation of DNA made out of skittles.

hehe

actually it was structure of DNA, i think. it was in that movie with the chick from the matrix and val kilmer.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but don't the water droplets in steam have mass? And doesn't everything with mass have inertia? Therefore wouldn't the water droplets of the steam try to maintain their initial course? Therefore wouldn't acceleration cause at least a very mild version of the effect that is exaggerated in the commercial?

ZV

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: yamahaXS
that reminds of one of those god awful "mars" movies that came out a few years back. they had a scene where an astronaut was experience zero-G for the first time and in his exhileration he created a spinning constellation of DNA made out of skittles.

hehe

actually it was structure of DNA, i think. it was in that movie with the chick from the matrix and val kilmer.

Red Planet 😀

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but don't the water droplets in steam have mass? And doesn't everything with mass have inertia? Therefore wouldn't the water droplets of the steam try to maintain their initial course? Therefore wouldn't acceleration cause at least a very mild version of the effect that is exaggerated in the commercial?

ZV

yes. but nowhere near that effect. if you take a corner real fast, does all the air in the car move to the outside? You better be careful taking a left hand turn too fast as all the air would go to the passengers side and you would pass out. 😛

It doesn't have enough intertia to really do anything visable. The air already in the vehicle keeps the steam relitively stable.

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but don't the water droplets in steam have mass? And doesn't everything with mass have inertia? Therefore wouldn't the water droplets of the steam try to maintain their initial course? Therefore wouldn't acceleration cause at least a very mild version of the effect that is exaggerated in the commercial?

ZV

yes. but nowhere near that effect. if you take a corner real fast, does all the air in the car move to the outside? You better be careful taking a left hand turn too fast as all the air would go to the passengers side and you would pass out. 😛

It doesn't have enough intertia to really do anything visable. The air already in the vehicle keeps the steam relitively stable.

That's why you can have bugs flying around inside the car and they don't slam into the rear windshield. 😀

 

[Ender]

It was a commerical, dude. Calm yourself.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but don't the water droplets in steam have mass? And doesn't everything with mass have inertia? Therefore wouldn't the water droplets of the steam try to maintain their initial course? Therefore wouldn't acceleration cause at least a very mild version of the effect that is exaggerated in the commercial?

ZV

relativity

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Spoooon

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but don't the water droplets in steam have mass? And doesn't everything with mass have inertia? Therefore wouldn't the water droplets of the steam try to maintain their initial course? Therefore wouldn't acceleration cause at least a very mild version of the effect that is exaggerated in the commercial?

ZV

yes. but nowhere near that effect. if you take a corner real fast, does all the air in the car move to the outside? You better be careful taking a left hand turn too fast as all the air would go to the passengers side and you would pass out. 😛

It doesn't have enough intertia to really do anything visable. The air already in the vehicle keeps the steam relitively stable.

That's why you can have bugs flying around inside the car and they don't slam into the rear windshield. 😀

This would be why I pointed out that the effect had to have been exagerated in the commercial. 🙂

ZV

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: Merkon
It was a commerical, dude. Calm yourself.

I will NOT calm myself. :|



😀

 

[glugglug]

Steam molecular mass = 18AMU

Parts of air:
Oxygen molecular mass = 32AMU
CO2 molecular mass = 44AMU
Nitrogen molecular mass = 28 AMU

In a mixed gas, the molecules are pretty much evenly spaced, creating pressure in the container (your car) based on # of molecules in a given volume, not mass in a given volume. So the steam is less dense then the air, and would be pushed IN THE DIRECTION YOU ACCELERATE, the opposite direction that more massive objects tend to be pulled, i.e. when you speed up the steam should go to the front of the car and when you make a sharp right turn it should stick to the right window.

 

[Bignate603]

try driving with a balloon in your car... If you acclerate it will move FORWARD. This is because the air as a whole shifts back and creates high pressure, pushing the balloon forward. Steam is hot, I think it would exhibit the same thing if there weren't problems because the airflow around the dash and the like.

 

[flot]

This is a bizarre discussion.

I've certainly noticed objects in my car hurling themselves towards the back when I accelerate, but never steam. Probably because anything hot enough to give off steam would have been dumped liberally all over me, and I'd be too busy screaming and swerving to notice what the steam did.

But that's just me.