Influence of environmental factors on energy absorption degradation of polystyrene foam in protective helmets

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 581-591

  Liu, De Shin ^a   Chang, Chia Yuan ^a   Fan, Chin Ming ^b   Hsu, Shu Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Automotive Research and Testing Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compression test; Energy absorption; Finite element analysis; Foams; Helmets

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DEGRADATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYSTYRENES; STRAIN;

PROTECTIVE HELMETS;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

DEGRADATION; FOAM;

EID: 0141568848     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(03)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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