Figure 125. The liner does not penetrate the post in calculations conducted with LS-DYNA version 960. Diagrams.

25 milliseconds.

This figure shows a close-up of a computer-generated illustration of a post near the breaking area. The illustration shows the post colored blue, the liner sleeve on the left-hand side colored dark purple and the liner sleeve on the right hand side colored pink. The sleeve on the left-hand side is shown folded over slightly in the single flap fashion while the opposite side is shown severed near the entry point. The top half of the post leans roughly twenty-five degrees to the right, causing a large gap to form at the mid-point of the structure and the right hand sleeve to push away ever so slightly from the side of the post.

38 milliseconds.

This figure shows a close-up of a computer-generated illustration of a post near the breaking area. The illustration shows the post colored blue, the liner sleeve on the left-hand side colored dark purple and the liner sleeve on the right hand side colored pink. The sleeve on the left-hand side is shown folded over slightly in the single flap fashion while the opposite side is shown severed near the entry point. The top half of the post leans a few degrees further to the right, causing a larger gap to form at the mid-point of the structure and the right hand sleeve to push away a touch further from the side of the post.

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