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VIRTUAL TESTING OF COMPOSITE MOTORCYCLE HELMETS

ALESSANDRO CERNICCHI

Aeronautics Department, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

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UGO GALVANETTO

Aeronautics Department, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

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ROBIN OLSSON

Aeronautics Department, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979208047298Cited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A study about the response of motorcycle helmets to impacts is described in this paper and possible ways to improve current designs are discussed. Firstly, a simple unidimensional model of helmet is analyzed and the main parameters that affect its response are pointed out. Subsequently, the generation and testing of the Finite Element model of a commercially available helmet are described and numerical results are compared to experimental results. Finally, the FE modeled is used to compare different design configurations.

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