Development and Multi-Scale Validation of a Finite Element Football Helmet Model.

ABSTRACT: Head injury is a growing concern within contact sports, including American football. Computational tools such as finite element (FE) models provide an avenue for researchers to study, and potentially optimize safety tools, such as helmets. The goal of this study was to develop an accurate representative helmet model that could be used in further study of head injury to mitigate the toll of concussions in contact sports. An FE model of a Schutt Air XP Pro football helmet was developed through three major steps: geometry development, material characterization, and model validation. The fully assembled helmet model was fit onto a Hybrid III dummy head-neck model and National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) head model and validated through a series of 67 repres

SUBMITTER: Decker WB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6928099 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature