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Chapter 4, Problem 72P
You’re assessing the Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) at New York’s JFK airport. The system consists of a 132-m-long bed of crushable cement blocks, designed to stop aircraft from sliding off the runway in emergencies. The EMAS can exert a 300-kN force on a 55-Mg jetliner that hits the system at 36 m/s. Can it stop the plane before it plows through all the blocks?
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