Newport Mill Middle School

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Bumper Design Pathfinder

Websites

Crumple Zones 

• How Stuff Works:  How Crumple Zones Work 
• Autoevolution:  How Crumple Zones Work 
• Absolute Astronomy:  Crumple Zone 
• American Chemistry Council: Physics in the crumple zone… 

Bumper Design 

•  NHTSA Bumper Q and A’s 
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (watch Video: Frontal Crash Test Verification)
• NHTSA: An Extendable and Retractable Bumper 
• IIHS Q&As: Bumpers 

Videos

• Physics of Car Crashes 

YouTube videos

• Mercedes S-class versus Smart Car (in German)  
• Crash test failure 
• Smart Car crash test  
• BMW 3-Series 
• BMW Mini Cooper 
• Low Speed Crash Tests 
• Crash Test 97 BMW 3 series euro ncap test 
• Crash Test of 2001-2005 BMW 3 Series w/sab