Study of vehicle front structure crashworthiness based on pole impact with different position
Paper in proceeding, 2013

Because of occupant injury severity in frontal pole impact, this paper conducted a computer simulation study on the frontal pole impact of passenger car. Three types of frontal pole impact FE analysis models were developed according to different impact positions of pole, i.e., no offset, 25%, and 35% left offset relative to the centerline of vehicle. In order to illustrate the characteristics of frontal pole impact, this paper analyzed the impact parameters such as the structure deformation, crash force transmission path and acceleration of car body. The results show that the frontal pole impact was a severe loading condition leading to serious damage to vehicle structure. When it comes to the damage of vehicle, the 35% left offset frontal pole impact mode was the worst whereas the center frontal pole impact mode was the best. The crashworthiness of frontal pole impact could be improved by strengthen bumper, rail, sub-frame and firewall.

Impact position

Crashworthiness

Vehicle Structure Deformation

Frontal pole impact

Author

Qihui Li

Hunan University

Jikuang Yang

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Vehicle Safety

Proceedings - 2013 5th Conference on Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation, ICMTMA 2013

1031-1035
9780769549323 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Mechanical Engineering

Transport Systems and Logistics

Areas of Advance

Transport

DOI

10.1109/ICMTMA.2013.255

ISBN

9780769549323

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Created

10/7/2017