An impact attenuator, also known as a crash cushion, crash attenuator, or cowboy cushion, is a device intended to reduce the damage to structures, vehicles...

Attenuator could mean: Attenuator (electronics), an electronic device that reduces the amplitude of an electronic signal. Optical attenuator, an electronic...

form an impact attenuator that dissipates crash energy using a much smaller volume and lower weight than road car crumple zones. Impact attenuators have...

As a result, the impact load transmitted to the structure is reduced, due to both impact energy dissipation and peak force attenuation. In an optimization...

mounted on a heavy truck together with a ground-penetrating radar and impact attenuator. During testing, a FWD subjects the pavement surface to a load pulse...

report the collapsed attenuator to Caltrans as required. Caltrans was not aware of the damage until March 20, and the attenuator was not replaced until...

rest of the chassis. There must be an impact attenuator in the nose, and impact testing data on this attenuator must be submitted prior to competing....

erect and dismantle. A Fitch Barrier is an energy-absorbing type of impact attenuator consisting of a group of sand-filled plastic barrels, usually yellow...

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accelerating and decelerating. Gores at exit ramps occasionally feature impact attenuators, especially when something solid follows the theoretical or physical...

An attenuated vaccine (or a live attenuated vaccine, LAV) is a vaccine created by reducing the virulence of a pathogen, but still keeping it viable (or...

blunt trauma equipment is safe, end-users and industry refer to the impact attenuation criteria as the test methods and criteria set out in the following...

for Impact Attenuation of Surfacing Materials within the Use Zone of Playground Equipment, doi:10.1520/F1292-22 Viano, David C. (2005). "Head Impact Biomechanics...

anti-slip differential. Another new feature was the complete carbon fibre impact attenuator. The first event resulted in the first top ten finish at an event...

Impact insulation class (or IIC) is an integer-number rating of how well a building floor attenuates impact sounds, such as footsteps. A larger number...

first guardrail capable of containing large SUV's, a trailer mounted impact attenuator, and NASCAR's Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) barrier. These...

A bicycle helmet is a type of helmet designed to attenuate impacts to the head of a cyclist in collisions while minimizing side effects such as interference...

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can also be reprocessed into playground woodchip to be used as an impact-attenuating playground surfacing. Bark chips of various grades are produced from...

Attenuation theory, also known as Treisman's attenuation model, is a model of selective attention proposed by Anne Treisman, and can be seen as a revision...

early days of the space program with satellites such as Echo, to impact attenuation system that enabled the successful landing of the Pathfinder satellite...

to the then-planned design. Boeing's proposal was the Soft Impact Mating and Attenuation Concept (SIMAC), a design originally conceived in 2003 for the...

International has issued what it calls the “ASTM Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surface Systems Under and Around Playground Equipment”, which is...

Advanced Power Systems International, Race Safety, Inc., Impact Attenuation, Inc., Impact Dynamics, LLC., Roadway Safety Service Inc., DeConti Industries...

thermal shocks, they are favored for their aesthetics and ecological impacts: attenuation of urban heat peaks, buffer zones during rainfall, improved humidity...

The environmental impact of concrete, its manufacture, and its applications, are complex, driven in part by direct impacts of construction and infrastructure...

rails on high-speed highways in the United States are protected with impact attenuators, designed to gradually absorb the kinetic energy of a vehicle and...

standards cover ergonomics, the total area covered by the airbag, impact attenuation, activation force, lanyard strength, lanyard length, inflation speed...

reaction control subsystem; water tanks; the crushable ribs of the impact attenuation system; and a number of instruments. The CM-SM umbilical, the point...

specialized flexible containment covers (Hubble Space Telescope), impact attenuation airbag systems, and inflatable aerodynamic decelerators. ILC has developed...