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Numerical Study on Performance Evaluation of Impact Beam for Automotive Side-Door using Fiber Metal Laminate

자동차 측면 도어의 섬유금속적층판을 적용한 임펙트 빔의 수치해석에 의한 성능 평가

  • Park, Eu-Tteum (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kang, Beom-Soo (Graduate School of Convergence Science, Pusan National University) ;
  • Song, Woo-Jin (Graduate School of Convergence Science, Pusan National University)
  • Received : 2016.12.08
  • Accepted : 2017.04.22
  • Published : 2017.04.30
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Abstract

The fiber metal laminate is a type of hybrid materials laminated thin metallic sheets with fiber reinforced plastic sheets. The laminate has been researched or applied in automotive and aerospace industries due to their outstanding impact absorbing performance in view of light weight aspect. Specially, the replacement of side-impact beam as the fiber reinforced plastic has been researched actively. The objective of this paper is the primitive investigation in the development of side-door impact beam using the fiber metal laminate. First, the three-point bending simulations were conducted to decide the shape of impact beam using the numerical analysis. Next, two cases impact beam (pure DP 980 and fiber metal laminate) were installed in the side-door, and then the bending tests (according to FMVSS 214S) were simulated using the numerical analysis. It is noted that the side-door impact beam can be replaced with the fiber metal laminate sufficiently based on the numerical analysis results.

섬유금속적층판은 금속 판재와 섬유 강화 플라스틱을 적층한 하이브리드 소재 중 하나다. 섬유금속적층판은 부품 경량화 측면을 고려했을 시, 뛰어난 충격흡수능력을 가지고 있기 때문에 자동차 및 항공우주 산업에서 적용 및 연구를 진행하고 있는 추세다. 특히, 자동차의 측면 도어 임펙트 빔의 경우, 기존의 금속소재에서 복합재료로 대체하기 위한 연구가 활발히 진행 중이다. 본 연구에서는 자동차의 측면 도어 임펙트 빔을 금속소재와 자기 강화형 폴리프로필렌을 적층한 섬유금속적층판으로 대체하는 것이 목표다. 3가지 종류의 임펙트 빔의 3점 굽힘 시험 수치해석을 통해 단면적 대비 굽힘 저항력의 크기를 비교하였다. 그 후, 제작 실현성을 고려하여 굽힘 저항력이 우수한 이중모자형 임펙트 빔을 순수 DP 980과 섬유금속적층판으로 제작하여 자동차 측면 도어에 설치된 모델을 상정하고 충돌 해석을 수행하였다. 결과적으로 섬유금속적층판을 사용한 임펙트 빔은 기존의 DP 980보다 무게 대비 충격 에너지 흡수 능력이 약 7배 높음을 알 수 있었다.

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