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Shock Mitigation For High Speed Craft

By John Haynes, Shock Mitigation UK

'Having driven RIBs & high speed craft for over 25 years it still impresses me that every year engines keep getting more efficient with increasing power to weight ratios and outputs that spin super efficient props or thrust even more water per second through jet units.'

'Hulls can be potentially lighter with the use of composites and quite simply boats just keep going faster. The challenge for the naval architects, engineers and boat builders is to produce RIBs and high speed craft that are engineered to withstand the increasing forces that this progress demands.'

'Shock mitigation for the person is an important subject for people who want to go further, faster or for longer in sometimes extreme conditions.'

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