Commercialization of Rate Sensitive Low Density Polyurea-Based Viscoelastic Foams for Head Health Applications

Abstract

The aim of this I Corps @ DoD grant was to seek commercialization of a new class of polyurea-based viscoelastic foams developed at UCLA for Head Health applications that in the lab-setting outperformed the state of the art polyurethane foams and their currently marketed protective headgear products by a significant margin.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2018
Accession Number
AD1111409

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People

  • Vijay Gupta

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

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  • Commerce
  • Composite Materials
  • Engineering
  • Glass Transition Temperature
  • Low Density
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Microstructure
  • Phase Transformations
  • Polymers
  • Shock Tubes
  • Standards
  • Strain Rate
  • Thickness
  • Transition Temperature

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