I would likely attend and present work on lower limb impact loading.
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From: "A.Staley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 11:39 AM
Subject: One day meeting on "Designing Equipment for Body Protection"
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Structural Technology and Materials Group
It is proposed to organise a one-day meeting on
'Designing Equipment for Body Protection'
at the Institution Headquarters in London, round about Easter
2002. Topics to be covered include:
1.Mechanics of impact of the human body against 'flat' and
'sharp' objects.
2.What is it important to guard against - impact velocities,
mass, force, impulse, energy, momentum?
3.What is transmitted with and without body protection
(how good is nature's flesh and fat covered bone against
damage/fracture?)
4.What damage to vital organs of the body can be tolerated?
5.What damage is short term and what is long term?
Applications range across a wide field from protection for the
aged (hip fractures) to sports injuries of all types, to police stab-
proof vests and so on.
Is this of interest to you?
Would you attend?
Would you have a paper to submit?
Further details from
Professor Tony Atkins
Department of Engineering
University of Reading
Whiteknights
Reading
RG6 6AY
Tel: 0118 931 8562
Fax: 0118 931 3327
email: [log in to unmask]
Amanda Staley
Sports Science, Engineering & Technology Network
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Tel: 44 114 222 7891
Fax: 44 114 222 7855
www.sportsetnet.org.uk
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