Assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model

For an integral body or a body-on-frame vehicle, the vehicle’s frontal part is the major structural subsystem to absorb the impact energy in a frontal vehicle impact. Ideally, for each serious crash situation, the whole available deformation length must be used and all the impact energy must be abs...

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Main Authors: Nimir, Yassin Lutfi Mahmud, Abdullah, Kassim Abdulrahman, Lon, Wong Lek
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Language:English
Published: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2014
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author Nimir, Yassin Lutfi Mahmud
Abdullah, Kassim Abdulrahman
Lon, Wong Lek
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Abdullah, Kassim Abdulrahman
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description For an integral body or a body-on-frame vehicle, the vehicle’s frontal part is the major structural subsystem to absorb the impact energy in a frontal vehicle impact. Ideally, for each serious crash situation, the whole available deformation length must be used and all the impact energy must be absorbed without deforming the passenger compartment. It is also important to manage the intensity during the crash time because the resulting crash pulse has a large influence on the injury level. Crash simulation software is widely used by the automotive industry to evaluate occupant risks and injuries. Therefore, the accuracy of the finite element frame model has significant influence on the quality of vehicle impact predictability. This work aims at building an understanding of structural and design features that can optimise structural integrity in terms of strength, stiffness and crashworthiness of front-part structures. For this, a local car model is selected for analysis so as to study and analyse the crushing behaviour and suggest ways for possible modifications to be made on the structures at the weak zones to enhance crashworthiness of the vehicle
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spelling iium-450722015-10-12T23:58:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45072/ Assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model Nimir, Yassin Lutfi Mahmud Abdullah, Kassim Abdulrahman Lon, Wong Lek TJ227 Machine design and drawing For an integral body or a body-on-frame vehicle, the vehicle’s frontal part is the major structural subsystem to absorb the impact energy in a frontal vehicle impact. Ideally, for each serious crash situation, the whole available deformation length must be used and all the impact energy must be absorbed without deforming the passenger compartment. It is also important to manage the intensity during the crash time because the resulting crash pulse has a large influence on the injury level. Crash simulation software is widely used by the automotive industry to evaluate occupant risks and injuries. Therefore, the accuracy of the finite element frame model has significant influence on the quality of vehicle impact predictability. This work aims at building an understanding of structural and design features that can optimise structural integrity in terms of strength, stiffness and crashworthiness of front-part structures. For this, a local car model is selected for analysis so as to study and analyse the crushing behaviour and suggest ways for possible modifications to be made on the structures at the weak zones to enhance crashworthiness of the vehicle Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45072/1/Assessment_of_crashworthiness_of_the_frontal_part_of.pdf Nimir, Yassin Lutfi Mahmud and Abdullah, Kassim Abdulrahman and Lon, Wong Lek (2014) Assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model. International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, 9 (3/4). pp. 352-362. ISSN 1745-6444 (O), 1745-6436 (P) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijvsmt
spellingShingle TJ227 Machine design and drawing
Nimir, Yassin Lutfi Mahmud
Abdullah, Kassim Abdulrahman
Lon, Wong Lek
Assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model
title Assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model
title_full Assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model
title_fullStr Assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model
title_short Assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model
title_sort assessment of crashworthiness of the frontal part of a local car model
topic TJ227 Machine design and drawing
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