Application of finite element analysis to helmet design

Solid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 124, Issue , 2005, Pages 255-262

  Smith, Terry ^a   Lenkeit, John ^a   Boughton, Jim ^a  

^a Dynamic Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite Element Method (FEM); Helmet

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DESIGN; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MILITARY HELICOPTERS; SAFETY DEVICES; SOFTWARE TESTING;

ADVANCED COMPOSITES; APPLICATION OF FINITE ELEMENTS; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; HELMET; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STRESS STRAIN CHARACTERISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84860721862     PISSN: 18753507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3796-1_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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