Motorcycle Helmet Part II. Materials and Design Issues.

The main objective of this paper is to formulate a methodology, which could be used for material selection and basic design of motorcycle helmets. The importance of simplified solutions to motorcycle helmet material selection and design are first highlighted. Two methods are presented. The first app...

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Main Authors: Shuaeib, Farag Mohamed, Salem Hamouda, Abdel Magid, Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan, Radin Sohadi, Radin Umar, M. Saleem, J. Hashmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2002
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/826/
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author Shuaeib, Farag Mohamed
Salem Hamouda, Abdel Magid
Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan
Radin Sohadi, Radin Umar
M. Saleem, J. Hashmi
author_facet Shuaeib, Farag Mohamed
Salem Hamouda, Abdel Magid
Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan
Radin Sohadi, Radin Umar
M. Saleem, J. Hashmi
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description The main objective of this paper is to formulate a methodology, which could be used for material selection and basic design of motorcycle helmets. The importance of simplified solutions to motorcycle helmet material selection and design are first highlighted. Two methods are presented. The first approach is based on energy absorption theory for packaging design and also was used for bicycle helmets design with some adjustments. This method is reviewed and modified to cope with the motorcycle helmet design requirements. The second approach is also base on energy absorption principle. This method was developed for packaging design but the same principle could be employed to the motorcycle helmet problem. It was found that the two approaches have the same energy absorption principles but differ in the way of formulation and utilization. These differences could have significance effect on the results particularly the energy per unit volume calculation. However, both procedures could be used as useful tool for the helmet foam material selection and helmet preliminary analysis and design. Using these energy approaches together with advanced computational techniques could reduce the lead-time of helmet design and manufacture.
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spelling upm-8262010-07-21T08:41:10Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/826/ Motorcycle Helmet Part II. Materials and Design Issues. Shuaeib, Farag Mohamed Salem Hamouda, Abdel Magid Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan Radin Sohadi, Radin Umar M. Saleem, J. Hashmi The main objective of this paper is to formulate a methodology, which could be used for material selection and basic design of motorcycle helmets. The importance of simplified solutions to motorcycle helmet material selection and design are first highlighted. Two methods are presented. The first approach is based on energy absorption theory for packaging design and also was used for bicycle helmets design with some adjustments. This method is reviewed and modified to cope with the motorcycle helmet design requirements. The second approach is also base on energy absorption principle. This method was developed for packaging design but the same principle could be employed to the motorcycle helmet problem. It was found that the two approaches have the same energy absorption principles but differ in the way of formulation and utilization. These differences could have significance effect on the results particularly the energy per unit volume calculation. However, both procedures could be used as useful tool for the helmet foam material selection and helmet preliminary analysis and design. Using these energy approaches together with advanced computational techniques could reduce the lead-time of helmet design and manufacture. 2002 Article PeerReviewed Shuaeib, Farag Mohamed and Salem Hamouda, Abdel Magid and Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan and Radin Sohadi, Radin Umar and M. Saleem, J. Hashmi (2002) Motorcycle Helmet Part II. Materials and Design Issues. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 123 (3). pp. 422-431. ISSN 0924-0136 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00047-X English
spellingShingle Shuaeib, Farag Mohamed
Salem Hamouda, Abdel Magid
Megat Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan
Radin Sohadi, Radin Umar
M. Saleem, J. Hashmi
Motorcycle Helmet Part II. Materials and Design Issues.
title Motorcycle Helmet Part II. Materials and Design Issues.
title_full Motorcycle Helmet Part II. Materials and Design Issues.
title_fullStr Motorcycle Helmet Part II. Materials and Design Issues.
title_full_unstemmed Motorcycle Helmet Part II. Materials and Design Issues.
title_short Motorcycle Helmet Part II. Materials and Design Issues.
title_sort motorcycle helmet part ii. materials and design issues.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/826/
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