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thesis
posted on 19.07.2018, 13:37 by Stephen H. ColeIn the course of his normal activities man has to endure many
physical and mental stresses. Evolution has endowed him with the
ability to withstand such stresses provided that they do not exceed
certain not very well-defined limits. However in his endeavours to
investigate and experiment with his environment man often needs to
exceed those limits and indeed may do so at times with potentially
dangerous consequences. At other times he may find himself out of control
of an otherwise safe situation, with similarly dangerous consequences.
The present study was undertaken in order to investigate some of
these physical limits. In particular the limits under investigation
in this thesis are those of the man's tolerance to short
duration high energy forces. [Continues.]
Funding
Great Britain, Ministry of Defence (research contract no. PD170-01).
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