A5084819488- Cellular and Composite Structures
- Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics
- Polymer composites and self-healing
- Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Manchester Metropolitan University
2018-2020
Following high profile, life changing long term mental illnesses and fatalities in sports such as skiing, cricket American football—sports injuries feature regularly national international news. A mismatch between equipment certification tests, user expectations infield falls collisions is thought to affect risk perception, increasing the prevalence severity of injuries. Auxetic foams, structures textiles have been suggested for application sporting goods, particularly protective equipment,...
Auxetic materials behave unconventionally under deformation, which enhances material properties such as resistance to indentation and energy absorption. Auxetics, therefore, have the potential enhance sporting protective equipment. Herein, finite element modeling, additive manufacturing impact testing of three auxetic lattices, a conventional equivalent, with view advance implementation within sports equipment, are explored. The lattices modeled impacts simulated between 1 5 J, for flat...