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Shock Absorbing Helmets

Abstract

This paper presents a description of helmets used by football players that offer three times the shock-absorbing capacity of earlier types. An interior padding for the helmets, composed of Temper Foam, first used by NASA's Ames Research Center in the design of aircraft seats is described.

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1978-01-01. Shock Absorbing Helmets. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20040070724

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