Review of Auxetic Materials for Sports Applications: Expanding Options in Comfort and Protection

Review of Auxetic Materials for Sports Applications: Expanding Options in Comfort and Protection

Following high profile, life changing long term mental illnesses and fatalities in sports such as skiing, cricket and American football—sports injuries feature regularly in national and international news. A mismatch between equipment certification tests, user expectations and infield fall...

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Main Authors: Olly Duncan, Todd Shepherd, Charlotte Moroney, Leon Foster, Praburaj D. Venkatraman, Keith Winwood, Tom Allen, Andrew Alderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Applied Sciences
Subjects:
injury
impact
indentation
comfort
protective equipment
negative Poisson’s ratio
foam
textiles
additive manufacturing
finite element modelling
auxetic
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/6/941

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