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Modified Drop Tower Impact Tests for American Football Helmets
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Modified Drop Tower Impact Tests for American Football Helmets

Published on: February 19, 2017

[Human tolerance of the "side-to-side" impact loads]

Iu B Moiseev, V A Korzhen'iants

    Aviakosmicheskaia I Ekologicheskaia Meditsina = Aerospace and Environmental Medicine
    |September 18, 2004
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