Helmets to Prevent Concussions. In contact sports such as American football, hockey, and rugby, players routinely experiencecollisions in which considerable contact is made with the head, and therefore the brain can be subjected to significant forces.Repetitive collisions in which the brain experiences accelerations of 10 times the acceleration due to gravity (i.e., 10g) or greater canresult in accumulative permanent brain damage. With current helmet design, the effective stopping distance for a football playerundergoing a head-to-head collision with an initial speed of 8.00 mph is 2.25 inches. (a) What is the average magnitude of theacceleration during the collision (in terms of g)? Is it a safe value? (b) The effective stopping distance can be increased by adding bettercushioning features. You and your team are assigned to determine the increase in the effective stopping distance required for a newhelmet design that will result in an effective average acceleration of less than 10.0g (with an initial speed of 8.00 mph), therebyreducing the accumulative effects of head contact.

Name: Helmets to Prevent Concussions. In contact sports such as American fo
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Description: Helmets to Prevent Concussions. In contact sports such as American football, hockey, and rugby, players routinely experiencecollisions in which considerable contact is made with the head, and therefore the brain can be subjected to significant force