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Old 20 Feb 2001, 21:50 (Ref:65781)   #20
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I'll have to pass on this one, and refer this to some young Engineering student familiar with Aplied Mechanics or Physics. My brainbox is too old and rusty and I acnnot remember the formulae. There is a very simple formula for Impact, which takes into account the initial velocity, the final velocity (this is in the direction of impact) and related to the time of impact. It does sound as if the effect is similar to whiplash, but to be honest with you guys, I simply don't have the heart to have another look at the crash, and I'll just rely on the experts to tell us what happened. I just feel so bad about it. What we have been doing here, I suppose, is just trying to find a solution to this so that this type of accident can be less dangrous in future.
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