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Equations for bending steel in a car crash?
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[QUOTE="Simon Bridge, post: 5457382, member: 367532"] 1. you [i]want[/i] the body panels, especially the bumper, to crumple ... that is what saves you in a crash: an undentable car would be a death trap. 2. it's very complicated ... there are no standards. 3. even quite gentle collisions or crushes can easily produce many times the minimum force needed to dent the metal. [URL]https://plastics-car.com/Todays-Automobiles/Automotive-Safety/Physics-in-the-Crumple-Zone-2.html[/URL] You can get an idea by looking up "sheet metal bending force" ... force to bend sheet metal. Extrapolate for the panel geometry of the bits you want to protect. [/QUOTE]
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