Re: Crumple zones

["Paul Camp" <pjcamp@coastal.edu>]

You can order scads of publications geared for various audiences from 
NHTSA at

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/outreach/media/catalog/material.cfm

You can also see a few online papers regarding vehicle modelling on 
computers at the National Crash Analysis Center:

http://gwuva.gwu.edu/ncac/

> I am looking for some internet sites my students can visit which outline
> safety features like crumple zones, air bags, pre-tensioning seat belts and
> the like and which have some detail like times, forces and so on.
> I have so far only found sites which talk in general about these features
> but do not give any data.
> Can anyone help me?
> Scott.

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