"Thin sheets which crumple prefer to bend rather than stretch, an observation that we can make readily with a sheet of paper by trying to bend or stretch it with our hands. In terms of energy, this means that bending costs far less energy than stretching. When a sheet is confined so th...
Auto safety has come a long way in the last few decades, and one of the most effective innovations is the crumple zone. Also known as a crush zone, crumple zones are areas of a vehicle that are designed to deform and crumple in a collision. This absorbs some of the energy of the imp...
A separate computer processor controls each sector to make sure all of the charging and discharging is handled smoothly. The Power Electronics Module (PEM) is a power inverter and charging system that converts DC power to AC power using 72 insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs). This ...
Generally, these boxes have all worked well without extra reinforcement, as long as you have at least a 2" buffer of space from all inner walls. If you wish to have that extra insurance, sure double-box it or use double-wall. Another tidbit like a car ...
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This also means that we cannot observe the impact of a number of things Volvo has done, e.g., being very early on pedestrian and then cyclist detection in their automatic braking system, adding a crumple zone to reduce back injuries in run-off-road accidients, which they observed often ...
The increased water content lowers the melting point of the mantle rock in this wedge, causing it to melt into magma. This sort of magma production is called subduction zone volcanism. If the plates collide and neither plate can subduct under the other, the crust material will just "crumple...
Point taken. Nevertheless: There were some identifiable socioeconomic forces, and a few decisive cultural moments, that helped make Capitol Hill Capitol Hill. This is not a comprehensive history of the neighborhood, nor (perish the thought!) a comprehensive history of LGBTQ+ Seattle...
It was so great, and in its collective effect so pacifically magnificent, that to make war upon it seemed incongruous beyond measure, like laying siege to the National Gallery or attacking respectable people in an hotel dining-room with battle-axe and mail. It was in its entirety so large,...
“Survival of the fittest” was not a cliché saying, you had to be strong in various ways (physically, mentally, emotionally) or else you just wouldn’t make it. Strong men create good times As time passed, humans developed new ways of productivity via the collected knowledge passed down ...