The Hardest Football hit recorded equals an Indy Car Crash

indyman87
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Heard about this before but didn't think hits could get up to such a severe level.

thank ? i never tried to play football.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/football-similar-to-car-crashes/

Football players were struck in the head 30 to 50 times per game and regularly endured blows similar to those experienced in car crashes, according to a Virginia Tech study that fitted players' helmets with the same kinds of sensors that trigger auto air bags.

The helmets measure hits in multiples of the force of gravity. Half of the hits recorded this season were greater than 30 Gs, Duma said. The hardest hits measured more than 130 Gs.

"An impact of 120 Gs would be like a severe car accident, which you could survive if you were wearing a seat belt," Duma said.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force#cite_note-nhtsa.dot.gov-16

Several Indy car drivers have withstood impacts in excess of 100 G without serious injuries." Dennis F. Shanahan, M.D., M.P.H.: "Human Tolerance and Crash Survivability, citing Society of Automotive Engineers. Indy racecar crash analysis. Automotive Engineering International, June 1999, 87–90. And National Highway Traffic

g force (with g from gravitational) is a measurement of acceleration felt as weight.

The term g-force is technically incorrect as it is a measure of acceleration, not force

Weight = mass x −(g-force acceleration)

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