Improved Energy Absorber and Vehicle Design Strategies for Pedestrian Protection 2005-01-1872
This paper presents the effect of finite element analysis (FEA) model improvements to better correlate predictive analyses to pedestrian protection lower leg impact tests. The FEA analysis model prediction is now within 10% of the tested values for tibia deceleration, knee bending angle and knee shear. By using this improved FEA model, new, more efficient energy absorber and vehicle front end design strategies can been developed. A numerical approach to optimizing vehicle front end structures is presented.
Citation: Shuler, S., Mooijman, F., Nanda, A., and Surisetty, G., "Improved Energy Absorber and Vehicle Design Strategies for Pedestrian Protection," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-1872, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-1872. Download Citation
Author(s):
Stephen Shuler, Frank Mooijman, Alok Nanda, Gopi Surisetty
Affiliated:
GE Advanced Materials, GE India Technology Center
Pages: 13
Event:
SAE 2005 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Vehicle Aggressivity and Compatibility in Automotive Crashes, and Pedestrian Safety-SP-1936
Related Topics:
Finite element analysis
Vehicle front ends
Impact tests
Leg
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