At six miles wide and 400 feet tall, the Hubbard Glacier is the biggest glacier visited by cruise ships. Ships can normally get to around half a mile away – though we had perfect conditions so got a bit closer. The glacier is fast moving (comparatively) so you can often see it calving...
The front passenger-side dummy's knees hit the dashboard during the crash. Also, note that nothing from the engine compartment penetrated the cabin. The engine on most cars is mounted so that in a crash, it is forced backwards and downward so that it won't come into the cabin. Now, ...
This is the dummy most commonly used in crash testing. It weighs 170 lbs (77 kg) and is 70 inches (5 ft 10 inches or 1.78 m) tall. The dummies contain three types of instrumentation: Accelerometers Load sensors Motion sensors Accelerometers These devices measure the acceleration in a...
It weighs 170 lbs (77 kg) and is 70 inches (5 ft 10 inches or 1.78 m) tall. The dummies contain three types of instrumentation: Accelerometers Load sensors Motion sensors Accelerometers These devices measure the acceleration in a particular direction. This data can be used to determine...
, the fiftieth-percentile male dummy represents the median sized male -- it is bigger than half the male population and smaller than the other half. This is the dummy most commonly used in crash testing. It weighs 170 lbs (77 kg) and is 70 inches (5 ft 10 inches or 1.78 m) tall....