Influence of the body on head rotational acceleration in motorcycle helmet oblique impact tests

International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury - 2010 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 95-106

  Ghajari, Mazdak ^a   Peldschus, Steffen ^b   Galvanetto, Ugo ^c   Asgharpour, Zahra ^b   Iannucci, Lorenzo ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drop tests; Finite element method; Full scale tests; Helmets; Human body

Indexed keywords

DROP TEST; FINITE ELEMENT; FULL SCALE TESTS; HELMETS; HUMAN BODIES;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOTORCYCLES; SAFETY DEVICES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 84855880692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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