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    Undergrad Kinetic energy and crumple zones

    What happens to kinetic energy when the a car is impacted on the side of the crumple zone? Since the crumple zone is meant to absorb the energy from a direct front impacts. If one car was traveling west at 40mph and a second car going 40mph hit car one in the front quarter panel crush zone...
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    How Do Physics Formulas Explain the Function of Crumple Zones?

    What happens when you hit the side of the crumple zone?