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Re: Photo of grade-crossing accident

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From: Dwight Joe
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 03:13
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In article <1992Aug26.013120.6377@leland.Stanford.EDU> tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen) writes:
>In article <1992Aug25.143939.3737@desire.wright.edu> demon@desire.wright.edu (Stupendous Man) writes:
>>	F=ma
>>
>>	Calculate the mass of the train, multiply it by how fast it was going,
>>then see what you'd look like after standing in front of it. :)
>
>KE = 1/2 mv^2
>p = mv

Those are fine equations, but we also need to know both
(1) the shear force and (2) tensile force that the human
body can withstand.  In layman's terms, does the human
body yield like a baked potato when it is smashed with a
hammer or does the body yield like a steel girder?

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From: underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe)
Subject: Re: Photo of grade-crossing accident
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