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. 2013 Jan;4(1):52–62. doi: 10.1177/1947603512455195

Table 1.

Impact Parameters of Spring-Loaded Device

Spring Compression (mm) Time to Peak (ms) Peak Force (N) Normalized Peak Impact Stress (MPa) Maximum Displacement (Strain) (%) Spring Potential Energy (J) Loading Rate to Peak Force (103) (N/s) Average Stress Rate (103) (MPa) Average Strain Rate (103) (%/s)
0.010 0.49 ± 0.02 553.27 ± 50.5 40.84 ± 2.48 38.17 ± 3.51 0.343 1120 ± 50 82.6 ± 2.5 77.2 ± 3.5
0.009 0.47 ± 0.02 453.52 ± 82.1 36.05 ± 5.62 38.55 ± 3.54 0.278 970 ± 82 77.1 ± 5.62 82.5 ± 3.5
0.008 0.52 ± 0.02 379.57 ± 32.3 32.13 ± 1.93 33.81 ± 3.35 0.220 736 ± 32 62.3 ± 1. 65.6 ± 3.4
0.007 0.61 ± 0.04 259.11 ± 34.8 27.57 ± 3.17 27.48 ± 2.12 0.168 426 ± 35 45.4 ± 3.2 45.2 ± 2.1
0.006 0.82 ± 0.02 117.48 ± 12.0 17.23 ± 1.57 18.97 ± 1.69 0.123 144 ± 12 21.2 ± 1.6 23.3 ± 1.7
0.005 0.96 ± 0.10 24.75 ± 5.06 7.65 ± 1.06 6.81 ± 0.84 0.086 26 ± 5 8.0 ± 1.1 7.1 ± 0.8

Seventeen impact profiles analyzed per spring compression.