Crash FE Analysis of Front Side Assembly for Reverse Engineering

승용차 프론트 사이드 조립체의 역설계적 유한요소 충돌해석

  • Kim, Yong-Woo (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Ho (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Jeong, Kyung-Shin (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Sunchon National University)
  • 김용우 (순천대학교 기계자동차공학부) ;
  • 김정호 (순천대학교 기계자동차공학부) ;
  • 정경신 (순천대학교 대학원 기계공학과)
  • Published : 2007.01.01

Abstract

Crashworthiness design is of special interest in automotive industry and in the transportation safety field to ensure the vehicle structural integrity and more importantly the occupant safety in the event of the crash. Front side assembly is one of the most important energy absorbing components in relating to the crashworthiness design of vehicle. The structure and shape of the front side assemblies are different depending on automakers. Thus, it is not easy to grab an insight on designer's intention when you glance at a new front side member without experiences. In this paper, we have performed the explicit nonlinear dynamic finite element analysis on the front side assembly of a passenger car to identify the mechanical roles of each part of the assembly and to enhance the absorbing energy from the viewpoint of reverse engineering.

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