Simulation-based study of impact energy absorption in American football helmet

Seyed Saeed Ahmadisoleymani; James Yang; Andrew Schmit; Jahan Rasty

doi:10.1115/DETC201659296

Simulation-based study of impact energy absorption in American football helmet

Seyed Saeed Ahmadisoleymani, James Yang, Andrew Schmit, Jahan Rasty

Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Concussion injury limits the American football player's career life and causes several long term problems In order to limit its severity and frequency, various helmets have been designed to protect player's head This absorbency is mainly achieved by the padding system inside the helmet which includes energy absorbing and comfort foams and inflatable air surrounding the foams In a recent study an experiment was performed on a Riddell Youth Revolution Speed helmet to analyze the effect of the head size on capability of the helmet in attenuating the impacts It was found that headform size would affect the helmet performance In the current study, a three dimensional finite element (FE) model has been developed based on the above mentioned experiment The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the FE model based on the experimental results, regarding the effect of headform size on performance of the helmet.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	12th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)	9780791850183
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC201659296
State	Published - 2016
Event	ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2016 - Charlotte, United States Duration: Aug 21 2016 → Aug 24 2016

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Name	Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
Volume	6

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Conference	ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Charlotte
Period	08/21/16 → 08/24/16

Keywords

American football helmet
Energy absorption
Finite element analysis

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Ahmadisoleymani, S. S., Yang, J., Schmit, A., & Rasty, J. (2016). Simulation-based study of impact energy absorption in American football helmet. In 12th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 6). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC201659296

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Ahmadisoleymani, SS, Yang, J, Schmit, A & Rasty, J 2016, Simulation-based study of impact energy absorption in American football helmet. in 12th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, vol. 6, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2016, Charlotte, United States, 08/21/16. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC201659296

Simulation-based study of impact energy absorption in American football helmet. / Ahmadisoleymani, Seyed Saeed; Yang, James; Schmit, Andrew et al.

12th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016. (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 6).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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