Development of a new design of hip protectors using finite element analysis and mechanical tests

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1186-1192

  Schmid Daners, Marianne ^a,b   Wullschleger, Luc ^a   Derler, Siegfried ^a   Schmitt, Kai Uwe ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Composites; Finite element analysis; Hip protector; Mechanical tests

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TESTING;

ANATOMICAL HIP MODELS; COMPOSITES; CURVED STRIPS; EXTERNAL-; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HIP FRACTURES; HIP PROTECTOR; HIP PROTECTORS; IMPACT TESTS; MECHANICAL TESTS; NEW DESIGNS; PROTECTION EFFECTS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REINFORCED SHELLS; SHELL DESIGNS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SIMULATION;

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULUS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; HIP INJURIES; HIP JOINT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 55949086025     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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