Using the force vs. time graph (Figure 14.6) for human resistance to g forces, predict whether Stapp
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Using the force vs. time graph (Figure 14.6) for human resistance to g forces, predict whether Stapp suffered serious injury in the course of his record-breaking trip.
In the 1950s when Air Force Colonel John Paul Stapp volunteered to ride a rocket sled to test the resistance of the human body to g forces. The sled accelerated from 0 to 625 miles per hour in 5.0 seconds. Then the sled hit a water brake and decelerated in 3.0 seconds to a standstill. Assume that Stapp was rigidly strapped into the sled and that he had a mass of 75 kg.
Figure 14.6
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Exploring Engineering An Introduction to Engineering and Design
ISBN: 978-0123747235
2nd edition
Authors: Philip Kosky, George Wise, Robert Balmer, William Keat
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