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Perhaps because the stronger part takes more energy to damage and thus absorbs more?
by ec109685 5y ago
Perhaps because the stronger part takes more energy to damage and thus absorbs more?
- rootusrootus 5y agoAbsorbs? What does it do with that energy, then? Radiate it? AFAIK it's just stiffer so it will effectively transmit the energy along to the next part in the chain. Eventually, that'll be a human.
- ec109685 5y agoI meant the energy will be used to deform the chassis, but perhaps I am over my skis here.
- avianlyric 5y agoInto heat mostly. It takes quite a bit of energy to deform a lump of metal. You need that energy for force atoms past each other, and the metal gets hot in the process. So yes, absorbs the energy, then radiates it as heat.
- mlyle 5y agoThe point that's being made is-- if there's a certain amount of energy being dissipated in a collision, it's better for things to crumple so that the energy is dissipated over a long time period and the peak accelerations (which damage occupants) are less. A hypothetical perfectly rigid car that stops instantly in a collision instead of deforming is not safer for the occupants, because suddenly they will be going 40MPH inside a not-moving car.