University of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineers have developed a comprehensive framework that accelerates improvements to shock-absorbing foam materials.
The materials have an array of uses ranging from sports or military helmet liners to struts that cushion a spacecraft landing.
“We’ve developed a novel design framework to help designers create a shock-absorbing material of a specific geometry that does exactly what they want it to do without adding weight or extra volume,” says Ramathasan Thevamaran, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at UW-Madison who led the research. “It allows designers to customize the material for the best performance, tailored to diverse applications, without going through lots of experimental trial and error.”
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