Explicit Dynamic Analysis of Industrial Helmet Manufactured Using Bamboo and Vakka Fiber Composite

Today, safety of workers in workplaces is a major concern and hence the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has made the usage of helmet in industrial sites as mandatory which in turn protect the workers from head injuries. The work presented in this paper considers the standard design of industrial helmet used and the same geometry is used in the analysis of helmet shell fabricated using bamboo and vakka fiber reinforced composite. The current analysis focuses on the impact stress on helmet by Finite Element Analysis through dynamic stimulation method using ANSYS software. The model has been designed in CATIA V5 and meshed with required element size. After modeling is done, the analyses have been done using ANSYS. The use of hybrid composite material in this application have increased properties such as strength and hardness of the helmet proposed. The results obtained from analysis have been displayed for various boundary conditions.