BRZ/FRS Crash Test

[mjh712]

Wouldn't have happened if you had winter tires

[yberther]

hood reminds me of what I think my toe nails do when I hit the coffee table.

[Coolhand]

Originally Posted by USMM

...you're able to fit more than one?

Some disassembly required.

[VesperLynn]

Originally Posted by Coolhand

Some disassembly required.

This is dark.....

[dontpanic]

Originally Posted by Suberman

Controlled deformation. The cheap bits fly off.

The structure is engineered to convert kinetic energy into heat, noise and a little light by deforming progressively according to the rate at which the momentum needs to be absorbed to limit the maximum negative g on the occupants brains.

That would be the acceleration imparted to the front of your brain by the back of your forehead as reflected off the inside of the back of your skull. It's the internal shock wave inside your brain that kills you.

Nothing else matters.

Ahh the old 1/2MVsquared.... cant change mass, cant change speed, cant change the total energy transfer of the collision. but changing velocity implies an acceleration which contains a time.... increasing the time over which an energy transfer takes place via gradual deformation is the only thing we can use to reduce the energy for each unit of time. same principle behind a stuntperson surviving a fall from a high structure using cardboard boxes or airbags to decelerate rather that having the hard ground do the job all at once with undesired effect.