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Old 11th Mar 2010, 20:00
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Mr> Optimistic, unless I misread a posting a very few days ago 36 g acceleration is off the table. It came about due to a mistranslation of a sentence that included reference to a part number that contained 36g.

That aside, the pertinent question would be, "How long was the 36 g sustained?" 36 g for a millisecond would cause severe damage to the particular portion of the plane subjected to that acceleration. That damage would instantly mitigate the 36 g making it much less in other parts of the plane as they compressed the damaged areas.

Either way, 36 g acceleration on impact or something less, you have to deal with energy. How much energy change took place over what length of time. Some parts of the plane will get one acceleration. Other parts will get another acceleration. It's not a rigid bar of unobtanium.
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