Integration of hydroforming analysis of front-end structures into full vehicle crash models

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 335-343

  Mahadevan, Kumar ^a   Faruque, Omar ^a   Cheng, James ^a   Qiu, Yishan J ^b   Dombek, Barry L ^c  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b Engineering Technology Associates   (United States)

^c Dana Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; CRASHWORTHINESS; FORMING; GAGES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

CAE MODELS; CRASH ANALYSIS; CRASH SIMULATION; FEA MODELS; FRONT-END STRUCTURES; FRONTAL IMPACTS; HYDROFORMING PROCESS; IMPACT LOADINGS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MAPPING PROCESS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; PROPERTY CHANGES; TEST DATA; VEHICLE CRASHES; VEHICLE RESPONSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78249273001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Mahadevan, K., and Faruque, O., 1998, "Presentation on Crash Performance of Hydroformed Structures of a Fuel Economy Vehicle Program", Ford Motor Company.
2. Kellicut, A., Cowell, B., Kavikondala, K., Dutton, T., lregbu, S. and Sturt, R., 1999, "Application of the Results of Forming Simulation in Crash models", NUMISHEET.
3. Dutton, T., Iregbu, S., Sturt, R., Kellicut, A., Cowell, B. and Kavikondala, K., 1999, "The effect of Forming on the Crashworthiness of Vehicles Frame Siderails", IBEC 1999-01-3208.
4. Kaufman, M., Gaines, D., Kundrick, K., Liu, Sheng-Dong., 1998, "Integration of Chassis Frame Forming Analysis into Performance Models to More Accurately Evaluate Crashworthiness", SAE Technical Paper No. 980551.
5. Mahadevan, K., Liang, P., and Fekete, J., 2000, " Effect of Strain Rate in Full Vehicle Frontal Crash Analysis", SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-0625.