Impact dynamics of metal foam shells for motorcycle helmets: Experiments & numerical modeling

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-284

  Pinnoji, P K ^a   Mahajan, P ^a   Bourdet, N ^b   Deck, C ^b   Willinger, R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Helmets; Impact; Metal foam

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; FE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HEAD INJURY CRITERION; IMPACT DYNAMICS; IMPACT EXPERIMENT; IMPACT PERFORMANCE; LOW-DENSITY METALS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; METAL FOAMS; MOTORCYCLE HELMET; NUMERICAL MODELING; OUTER SHELLS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMS; MOTORCYCLES; SAFETY DEVICES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

METALS;

EID: 70649115525     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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