Study Of Energy Absorption Of Motorcycle Safety Helmet

Ahmad Faiz Fikri, Ghazali (2009) Study Of Energy Absorption Of Motorcycle Safety Helmet. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This project is carried out to study the energy absorption of a motorcycle helmet during an impact with a rigid wall surface using simulation software. In this study, there are several impact positions being considered that are frontal, side and top impact. The different impact positions will gave a different value of energy absorption due to the material used, the area of contact and force on loading. This study is carried out with simulation software called the ABAQUS/ Explicit 6.8. The motorcycle helmet is modelled in CATIA V5R10 software and then being imported to the ABAQUS/Explicit 6.8 through the IGES file consists of CAD data. To find the energy absorption of the motorcycle helmet during impact with the flat rigid wall surface, the impact simulation of the motorcycle helmet is simulated and analysed in ABAQUS/Explicit 6.8. The result of the simulation is then compared with the existing research data and it is found that the top impact gave higher energy absorption compared to the side and front impact.

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