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crumple zonenoun
A structural feature of an automobile / motor car designed to compress during an accident and absorb impact energy.
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Crumple zone
The crumple zone is a structural feature mainly used in automobiles and recently incorporated into railcars. Crumple zones are designed to absorb the energy from the impact during a traffic collision by controlled deformation. This energy is much greater than is commonly realized. A 2000 kg car travelling at 60 km/h, before crashing into a thick concrete wall, is subject to the same impact force as a front-down drop from a height of 14.2m crashing on to a solid concrete surface. Increasing that speed by 50% to 90 km/h compares to a fall from 32m - an increase of 125%. This is because the stored kinetic energy is given by E = mass × speed squared. It increases as the square of the impact velocity. Typically, crumple zones are located in the front part of the vehicle, in order to absorb the impact of a head-on collision, though they may be found on other parts of the vehicle as well. According to a British Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre study of where on the vehicle impact damage occurs: 65% were front impacts, 25% rear impacts, 5% left side, and 5% right side. Some racing cars use aluminium or composite/carbon fibre honeycomb to form an impact attenuator that dissipates crash energy using a much smaller volume and lower weight than road car crumple zones. Impact attenuators have also been introduced on highway maintenance vehicles in some countries.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of crumple zone in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of crumple zone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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