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A comparison between physical and virtual experiments of convective heat transfer between head and bicycle helmet

Mukunthan, Shriram ; Kuklane, Kalev LU ; Huysmans, Toon and de Bruyne, Guido (2017) AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling, 2017 In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 591. p.517-527
Abstract

Thermal performance of five bicycle helmets was evaluated with a thermal manikin head with six zones. Evaluation was made with physical and virtual experimental methods. Ambient temperature maintained at 24 °C and surface temperature of the thermal manikin head was set to 34 °C. Experiments were performed for air velocities of 1.6 m/s and 6 m/s. Heat transfer (W) of four thermal zones was recorded for five helmets and compared with a nude thermal manikin head to assess thermal performance. Virtual experiments were performed using commercial CFD codes with a realizable k-e turbulence model. Correlation coefficients of 0.78 (1.6 m/s) and 0.79 (6 m/s) were found between physical and virtual experiments. A combined physical and virtual... (More)

Thermal performance of five bicycle helmets was evaluated with a thermal manikin head with six zones. Evaluation was made with physical and virtual experimental methods. Ambient temperature maintained at 24 °C and surface temperature of the thermal manikin head was set to 34 °C. Experiments were performed for air velocities of 1.6 m/s and 6 m/s. Heat transfer (W) of four thermal zones was recorded for five helmets and compared with a nude thermal manikin head to assess thermal performance. Virtual experiments were performed using commercial CFD codes with a realizable k-e turbulence model. Correlation coefficients of 0.78 (1.6 m/s) and 0.79 (6 m/s) were found between physical and virtual experiments. A combined physical and virtual evaluation methodology allows creating a design iteration process with virtual prototypes, physical prototypes and commercially available helmets.

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CFD, Convective heat transfer, Cooling efficiency, Thermal manikin, Turbulence models, Wind tunnel experiments
host publication
Advances in Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling, 2017
series title
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
volume
591
pages
11 pages
publisher
Springer
conference name
AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling, 2017
conference location
Los Angeles, United States
conference dates
2017-07-17 - 2017-07-21
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  • scopus:85021399077
ISSN
21945357
ISBN
9783319605906
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-60591-3_47
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English
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  author       = {{Mukunthan, Shriram and Kuklane, Kalev and Huysmans, Toon and de Bruyne, Guido}},
  booktitle    = {{Advances in Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling, 2017}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{06}},
  pages        = {{517--527}},
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  series       = {{Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing}},
  title        = {{A comparison between physical and virtual experiments of convective heat transfer between head and bicycle helmet}},
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