Low energy impact

[329moss]

Hi, can anyone please explain what is a Low energy impact and what is meant by a Hard lateral impact?

Regards

 

[msquared48]

A low emergy impact is a drunk falling to the pavement.

A hard lateral impact is being t-boned by a Corvette doing 180 mph.

Now, were you investigating a head on, or a lateral impact, or both?

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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[ToadJones]

Award for most vague question of 2011

 

[FeX32]

It is very vague what you ask.
Low energy implies a low kinetic energy involved, (drunk dude about 6 feet off the ground will only have 6/2 feet *m*g potential energy that may be converted into kinetic which eventually gets absorbed by the sidewalk (and his face)
Hard lateral may imply a direct perpendicular hit with high energy. Possibly a quad carrying a huge rock drops the rock right on the sidewalk.

hmm.... i think I should have gone with the pecker + analogy


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