Development of a synthetic human thigh impact surrogate for sports personal protective equipment testing

Synthetic impact surrogates are widely used in the sporting goods industry in the evaluation of personal protective equipment. Existing surrogates, exemplified by those used in safety standards, have many shortcomings, primarily relating to their mass, stiffness, geometries and levels of constraint...

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Main Authors:	Thomas Payne, Sean Mitchell, Ben Halkon, Richard Bibb, Mark Waters
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified Sports Personal protective equipment Surrogate Silicone Polydimethysiloxane Impact Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/18874
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