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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"helmet design"”.
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Physical Testing of Potential Football Helmet Design Enhancements
… this an inventor in Santa Barbara brought a new design to Cal Poly to be tested.</p> <p>The design was tested in small scale first in order to make some preliminary conclusions about the design. In order to fully test the helmet design; however, full scale testing was required. In order to carry …
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Design and Analysis of the Impact Diffusion Helmet Through a Finite Element Analysis Approach
<p>By applying the finite element approach to the design and analysis of the impact diffusion helmet, many helmet configurations were able to be analyzed. Initially it was important to determine what design variables had an influence on the impact reducing abilities of the helmet design. The helmet …
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Evaluation and Application of Brain Injury Criteria to Improve Protective Headgear Design
… is through improvements in protective equipment design. Safety standards and relative performance ratings have led to advancements in helmet design that have reduced severe injuries and fatalities in sports as well as concussive injuries. These standards and evaluation methods frequently use …
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Mitigating Concussion: An Innovative Football Helmet
Helmets are the primary safety devices for various sports, including football. A well-designed helmet is generally believed to be effective protection against head injuries and concussions. However, there are a multitude of cases where the helmet has failed in protecting the player, resulting in …
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Head Impact Conditions and Helmet Performance in Snowsports
… rotational kinematics of head impact. Currently helmet testing standards don't consider these rotational kinematics, or varying friction conditions that potentially occur in real-world scenarios. The purpose of this study is to investigate the head impact conditions in a snowsport environment to …
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Computational modeling of blast-induced traumatic brain injury
… protective equipment such as the Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) affect the brain's response to blasts. The goal of this thesis is to investigate the mechanical response of the human brain to blasts and to study the effect of the ACH on the blast response of the head. To that end, a biofidelic …
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Use of low-density, reticulated, elastomeric foam impregnated with Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids to design an impact absorption material
… The development of improved materials for helmets, in particular, is motivated by the social and economic costs of head injury. A versatile liner, adaptable to different types of helmets, with different constraints, would be useful. In this thesis, we first review the statistics related to …
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Impact Biomechanics of the Head and Neck in Football
… that could be integrated into existing football helmets and is capable of measuring linear and angular acceleration about each axis of the head was developed and validated. This sensor was then installed in the helmets of 10 Virginia Tech football players and data was recorded for every game and …
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Using Laboratory Impact Devices to Quantify Football Helmet Performance
… equipment. The first use of a football helmet was in 1893, made of leather and designed to reduce the risk of skull fracture. Initially, football helmets were intended to protect a player against the most severe hits they would experience on the field. More recently, it has been shown …
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Concept design for a folding bicycle helmet
"""A Bicycle Helmet for Commuters"" chronicles the designer’s industrial design research and concept development effort for fulfilling some requirements of Master Degree of Fine Arts (MFA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A research and design development effort has created a new …