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How can I work out the stopping force from the diameter, mass and velocity of an object?

April 26, 2017diameter force mass Mathematics Physics stopping velocity

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How can I work out the stopping force from the diameter, mass and velocity of an object?

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You need the stopping distance. Work done = stopping force x stopping distance = KE. You don’t need the diameter – of course it may be “d”, which you interpret as diameter but which is actually the stopping distance.