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Lightweight structures absorb crash energy. (Health, Safety and Protection).
Advanced Composites Bulletin, August, 2002
US researchers have developed lightweight composites to protect persons and equipment during aircraft and ground-vehicle crashes.
The structures are designed to hold their initial shape and sustain rated loads under normal operating conditions, and, during crashes, to undergo sustained deformation with high stroke efficiency at tailored crush loads to absorb kinetic energy.
Sotiris Kellas and Huey Carden at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA, carried out the development work.
According to the researchers, the FRPs can be fabricated by using relatively simple, cost-effective techniques, and can be readily adapted to a variety of applications.
In one example,...
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