[CITATION][C] Human tolerance to deceleration

JP Stapp - The American Journal of Surgery, 1957 - Elsevier
FIG. I. Edwards sIed with subject during 3 fuI1 stop in brake area, entrance veIocity 88.6 &es
per hour to 3 stop in 18.25 feet. salvage is concerned with preventing or reducing the
consequences of accidents. One aspect of the salvage problem considers the reIationship
between force characteristics and their biologic effects, a fieId of research which has been,
designated as biodynamics. Motion at high speed involves a risk of acceIerative or
decelerative forces of rapid onset, great magnitude and ComparativeIy brief duration …