Loughborough University
Browse
harland.pdf (505.18 kB)

Design of a force acquisition system for high-energy short-duration impacts

Download (505.18 kB)
journal contribution
posted on 2010-08-27, 10:52 authored by P.J. Walker, Steve Rothberg, Chris E. Holmes, Andy HarlandAndy Harland
This paper describes a novel force acquisition system capable of measuring the force profiles of high-energy short-duration impacts. This force acquisition system was used to test dynamically a cricket leg guard and to create a contour map of the peak transmitted forces across the garment’s surface. The cricket leg guard was found to provide most protection in the central shin and knee regions, areas most likely to be impacted normally and so to receive the highest-energy impacts. The use of this system will enable a dynamic test procedure to be developed to mimic impact conditions encountered during a game, allowing optimization of cricket pad designs for specific impacts.

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Citation

WALKER, P.J. ... et al., 2010. Design of a force acquisition system for high-energy short-duration impacts. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, 224(2), pp. 129-139.

Publisher

Professional Engineering Publishing / © IMECHE

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publication date

2010

ISSN

1754-3371;1754-338X

Language

  • en

Usage metrics

    Loughborough Publications

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC