Data on the impact of objects with different shapes, masses, and impact velocities on a dummy head

The purpose of this data is to investigate the effect of different thicknesses of different soft materials samples added to an object on the resultant head acceleration of a developed dummy head upon impact. The object was a cylinder (10 X 10 cm 2 , diameter and height) and weighs 0.4 kg. The investigated materials were ecoflex, dragon skin, and clay while the thickness were 1 mm, 2 mm, 3 mm, and 5 mm. The velocities of the impacts for the 108 experiments were between 1 m/s and 3 m/s. Three severity indices (i.e. peak head linear acceleration, 3 ms criterion and the Head Injury Criterion (HIC)) were extracted from the raw acceleration data. The impact velocities were tabulated from video recordings. A summary of the processed data and the raw data are included in this dataset. Online repository contains the files: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TXOPUH.