A Novel Hip Protector Material With High Impact Force Attenuation: Leak-Allowed Air Cushion
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概要
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Hip protectors can reduce the incidence of hip fractures. However, low user acceptance and compliance in use remain a major obstacle in the effective use of hip protectors, due to its discomfort and extra effort needed to wear it, etc. A leak-allowed air cushion is an air-bubble cushion designed to have one or some orifices on the side. In this cushion, an impact load is shunted to open air with airflow through orifice(s), and the energy is dissipated by the friction of the airflow. With the lightness, the flexibility, and the inexpensiveness, this cushion has a potential to be accepted by the target users at high levels of compliance. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a potential of the cushion as a hip-protector material by comparing with other three commercially-variable impact attenuation materials: polyethylene elastmer; silicon gel; and porous polyurethane. To this end, we performed impact tests for pads made of the materials using a falling-mass impact loader. The pad made of leak-allowed air cushions reduced the peak impact force from 7700N (recorded with no pad) to 1213 N, which was 38—64 % lower than the attenuated peak forces recorded in the other material pads. We concluded that the leak-allowed air cushion could be a novel hip protector material with high capacity of impact-force attenuation.
著者
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Yamakoshi Ken-ichi
Graduate School Of Natural And Science Technology Kanazawa University
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Tanaka Shigeo
Institute For Nuclear Study University Of Tokyo
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NOGAWA Masamichi
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University
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TANAKA Shinobu
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University
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YAMAKOSHI Takehiro
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University
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