Our work on the “Design Development of a Repeatable Helmet Test System for Public Order Threat Recreations” has now been published! This paper, presented at the 3rd International Conference on Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering in Florence Italy, explains some of the challenges with laboratory recreations of real-world head impact scenarios, particularly for […]
Falling from the back of a horse, understandably, hurts! The 1.5+ metre drop to the ground can cause life changing injuries for professional athletes and hobbyists alike. Such falls are especially severe in cases where riders suffer a blow to the head, causing a concussion or worse. As Sports Engineers, we can help reduce such […]
I taught the mechanics of solids to mechanical engineering students for around 15 years. When it came to exams, I always tried to include examples from the real world that would stretch the most able of the students – I even had a question relating the bending of beams with the deflection of springboards during […]
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