Concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material

Application of natural fibre composites is going to increase in different areas caused by environmental, technical and economic advantages. However, their low mechanical properties have limited their particular application in automotive structural components. Hybridizations with other reinforcements...

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Main Authors: Makinejad, Majid Davoodi, Salit, Mohd Sapuan, Ahmad, Desa, Ali, Aidy, Abdan, Khalina, Jonoobi, Mehdi
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011
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author Makinejad, Majid Davoodi
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Ahmad, Desa
Ali, Aidy
Abdan, Khalina
Jonoobi, Mehdi
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Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Ahmad, Desa
Ali, Aidy
Abdan, Khalina
Jonoobi, Mehdi
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description Application of natural fibre composites is going to increase in different areas caused by environmental, technical and economic advantages. However, their low mechanical properties have limited their particular application in automotive structural components. Hybridizations with other reinforcements or matrices can improve mechanical properties of natural fibre composite. Moreover, geometric optimizations have a significant role in structural strength improvement. This study focused on selecting the best geometrical bumper beam concept to fulfill the safety parameters of the defined product design specification (PDS). The mechanical properties of developed hybrid composite material were considered in different bumper beam concepts with the same frontal curvature, thickness, and overall dimensions. The low-speed impact test was simulated under the same conditions in Abaqus V16R9 software. Six weighted criteria, which were deflection, strain energy, mass, cost, easy manufacturing, and the rib possibility were analyzed to form an evaluation matrix. Topsis method was employed to select the best concept. It is concluded that double hat profile (DHP) with defined material model can be used for bumper beam of a small car. In addition, selected concept can be strengthened by adding reinforced ribs or increasing the thickness of the bumper beam to comply with the defined PDS.
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spelling upm-227772020-04-15T16:24:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22777/ Concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material Makinejad, Majid Davoodi Salit, Mohd Sapuan Ahmad, Desa Ali, Aidy Abdan, Khalina Jonoobi, Mehdi Application of natural fibre composites is going to increase in different areas caused by environmental, technical and economic advantages. However, their low mechanical properties have limited their particular application in automotive structural components. Hybridizations with other reinforcements or matrices can improve mechanical properties of natural fibre composite. Moreover, geometric optimizations have a significant role in structural strength improvement. This study focused on selecting the best geometrical bumper beam concept to fulfill the safety parameters of the defined product design specification (PDS). The mechanical properties of developed hybrid composite material were considered in different bumper beam concepts with the same frontal curvature, thickness, and overall dimensions. The low-speed impact test was simulated under the same conditions in Abaqus V16R9 software. Six weighted criteria, which were deflection, strain energy, mass, cost, easy manufacturing, and the rib possibility were analyzed to form an evaluation matrix. Topsis method was employed to select the best concept. It is concluded that double hat profile (DHP) with defined material model can be used for bumper beam of a small car. In addition, selected concept can be strengthened by adding reinforced ribs or increasing the thickness of the bumper beam to comply with the defined PDS. Elsevier 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22777/1/Concept%20selection%20of%20car%20bumper%20beam%20with%20developed%20hybrid%20bio-composite%20material.pdf Makinejad, Majid Davoodi and Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Ahmad, Desa and Ali, Aidy and Abdan, Khalina and Jonoobi, Mehdi (2011) Concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material. Materials & Design, 32 (10). pp. 4857-4865. ISSN 0261-3069 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261306911004171#! 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.06.011
spellingShingle Makinejad, Majid Davoodi
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Ahmad, Desa
Ali, Aidy
Abdan, Khalina
Jonoobi, Mehdi
Concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material
title Concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material
title_full Concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material
title_fullStr Concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material
title_full_unstemmed Concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material
title_short Concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material
title_sort concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22777/1/Concept%20selection%20of%20car%20bumper%20beam%20with%20developed%20hybrid%20bio-composite%20material.pdf