NASA has came up with a rather simple and able abstraction that may save a lot of lives: An abundant Kevlar bore beanbag that would blot the appulse force in an aircraft crash. NASA's Karen Jackson is hopeful about it:
I'd like to anticipate the analysis we're accomplishing is traveling to end up in airframes and will potentially save lives. We crash-tested the helicopter by suspending it about 35 anxiety (10.7 m) into the air application cables. Then, as it swung to the ground, we acclimated pyrotechnics to abolish the cables just afore the helicopter hit so that it reacted like it would in a absolute accident.
The test—which apish the altitude of a "relatively astringent helicopter crash"—appeared to be a success, although NASA is still traveling through the abstracts calm by the 160 sensors on board, and the four blast analysis dummies with torsos distinctively advised to simulate the behavior of centralized organs.
Created by architect Sotiris Kellas at NASA's Langley Analysis Center in Hampton, Viginia, the kevlar bore is not assuredly deployed: It's consistently collapsed until it expands in the case of emergency, abundant like an airbag but application a adjustable articulation instead of inflating. [NASA via PopSci]
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