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Investigation Of An Energy Absorbing Device For Passenger Safety, Prakash Krishnaswamy
Investigation Of An Energy Absorbing Device For Passenger Safety, Prakash Krishnaswamy
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"Energy absorption by driving an oversized plunger through a longitudinally slit shell has been studied. The characteristics obtained by conducting several runs indicate that such a system could be used for energy absorption and for limiting the force required to drive the plunger through the shell. The characteristics can be readily altered by changing the dimensions of the tube. Details of the experimental set-up have been given.
Such an absorber has been adapted for mitigating injury sustained by the occupants in the interior of a colliding vehicle. Full advantage has been taken of the "Ride down" potential available to the …