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Old 02-13-2016, 04:17 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
For that scenario it depends on the velocity and strength of the vehicle (amount of deformation) plus the strength of the wall (amount of penetration).
Clarification: if "frontal area" is not the same as cross-section (as jamesqf's first post indicates: "It's not frontal area, but cross section"), where does the front end?
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