The bolts that hold them in place were designed to withstand a force of twelve thousand tons.
Moore talks of crashes in terms of Gs, a G being a force equal to a person's weight; a 100-G crash would be one in which your body had to withstand a force of 100 times its weight.
The institute's roof crush tests are more stringent than the current federal standard, which requires these vehicles to withstand a force equal to 1.5 times their unloaded weight.
His institute also conducts roof crush tests; to get the top rating of "Good," a vehicle must be able to withstand a force equal to four times its weight before reaching five inches of crush.
By international regulation, the tail is supposed to be able to withstand a force 50percentt stronger than the largest it is likely to ever encounter, and Airbus officials said that the A300 tail exceeded even that standard.
American officials have said it was a highly sophisticated "shaped charge," housed in a heavy steel that directed the blast with sufficient power to penetrate the Cole's half-inch reinforced steel hull, designed to withstand a force of 50,000 pounds a square inch, according to the Navy.
Denying any violation of federal standards that require doors to withstand a force of 30 times gravity, a Ford spokeswoman, Kathleen Volkes, said Monday that "the documentation highlighted by plaintiffs' attorneys, who make a living by suing companies like Ford, is being misconstrued".
To earn a top rating for rollover protection, the roof must withstand a force of four times the vehicle's weight before reaching five inches of crush.
The bacteria-encrusted samples withstood a force of about 50 grams per square millimeter--the equivalent of placing a brick on your foot.
In one example, NRC public affairs officer David McIntyre offered his opinion on what Energy Secretary Steven Chu should have done when asked by CNN whether American nuclear plants could withstand a force 9.0 earthquake: "He should just say, 'Yes, it can.' Worry about being wrong when it doesn't.
When you jump, both of your knees must withstand a force equal to about 2 to 3 times your body weight.
