Measuring Force/Impulse for Football Helmets Collisions

[Gersty]

I'm looking for a way to measure force or impulse during collisions. I'm working on a project involving football helmets and collisions since it's in the news and was looking for suggestions regarding easily obtainable equipment I can possibly use to measure force or impulse during various collisions that I could then verify using calculations.

 

[russ_watters]

You'll need an accelerometer. It's acceleration you really need to measure, not force (force you can calculate from acceleration). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerometer
http://www.google.com/search?source...&resnum=1&ved=0CC8QzAMwAA&fp=5d4068fa3c3827d8

 

[Gersty]

Thanks. Thats what I figured, and I actually did lay my hands on one from Pitsco. I'll have to check it out and see if it's robust enough.