Optimisation of energy absorbing liner for equestrian helmets. Part II: Functionally graded foam liner

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3414-3419

  Cui, L ^a   Forero Rueda, M A ^a   Gilchrist, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Energy absorbing liner; Functionally graded foam material; Head impact; Safety helmets

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING EFFICIENCY; CONTACT AREAS; DISCRETE DENSITIES; ENERGY ABSORBING LINER; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FOAM LAYERS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED FOAM MATERIAL; HEAD IMPACT; LINEAR ACCELERATIONS; OPTIMISATION; PEAK ACCELERATION; PLASTIC ENERGY; SAFETY HELMETS; TEST CONDITION;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

EID: 67349201393     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.03.044     Document Type: Article

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