Use of Corrugated Composite Sandwich and Hexagonal Honeycomb Plates for Helmets

The purpose of this study is to perform a multi-disciplinary design and analysis of the materials such as Carbon Fibre material and Polypropylene materials with composite structures as corrugated structure and hexagonal honeycomb plates used for helmet structure for providing the comfort and protective padding along with lightweight property with improved overall strength of helmet. The primary goal of using these sandwich composite structures in helmets is to provide an appropriate absorption capacity while applied impact loading or pressure. For optimization of the helmet structure, this study is performed by using two materials for developing plates of composite structures such as honeycomb and corrugated sandwich structure with Carbon Fibre material and Polypropylene materials. The integrated helmet structure is then simulated on ANSYS workbench for analyzing the performances and mechanical properties and compared all the cases for achieving optimized helmet design. This paper is presented here to demonstrate the proposed methodology and analyzed results in different cases.