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Re: Since We are on the subject....TIME TO SHOW HOW ROBUST THE OLD SMEES ARE. |
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Posted by Hank Eisenstein on Tue Jul 8 01:00:26 2008, in response to Re: Since We are on the subject....TIME TO SHOW HOW ROBUST THE OLD SMEES ARE., posted by Jeff H. on Mon Jul 7 18:26:53 2008. It's the sudden stop that does the damage; but you're right about the telescoping and crushing. But the same energy absorbtion/dissipation factors in. If you can redirect the forces in a collision, you can do a much better job of protecting the occupants, sacrificing the vehicle. Anticlimbers, 'locking' couplers, and frames that bend rather than remain stiff all help. |
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