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RE: Holy crap
By somedude1234 on 2/16/2008 1:35:13 AM , Rating: 4
You'd be surprised how high of an amplitude of shock you can get by tapping a coin (or an accelerometer) against a hard surface, 1500 G's isn't anything at all in that case because the duration is so short.

What really matters when you're talking about shock testing is the total energy involved (area under the curve), that's why the data sheets always quote the amplitude as well as the duration.

A 1500 G, 0.5 mS, half-Sine shock pulse is a completely different animal than a 500 G, 2 mS pulse.

To compare against a car crashing into, say, a brick wall, you'd need to know the duration of the impact, which should be significantly longer than 0.5 ~ 2 mS.

RE: Holy crap
By JonnyDough on 2/16/2008 12:08:50 PM , Rating: 1
I don't know that much about physics, and frankly I don't care unless my SSD is involved, or I'm falling and trying to calculate my odds of survival; but I recall reading something about when you jump you land with a downward force 10X your weight or something. So a 200lb person could exude 2,000lbs of downward force or something, which seems like a lot if you're jumping on someone else. Makes you wonder why there aren't more deaths in the NFL.


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