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Design And Operation Of Equipment For Impact Test Of A Hydraulic Cushion, Harshadbhai R. Patel
Design And Operation Of Equipment For Impact Test Of A Hydraulic Cushion, Harshadbhai R. Patel
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In recent years, experiments have been carried out to evaluate the performance of water-filled cushion cells used to attenuate energy of automobile collisions. The water-filled cushion cell is a vinyl plastic cylinder of 6 inches nominal outside diameter, 1/4 inch wall thickness, 40 inches length, closed at the bottom by a cast-in-place vinyl plug and partially closed by a bolted-in vinyl diaphragm at the upper end. These cells are designed to be installed in the path of a crashing automobile to absorb and dissipate the kinetic energy of impact. Properly designed cushions could be used as one means of saving …