Design of a composite roll bar for the improvement of bus rollover crashworthiness

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1705-1713

  Kang, Kyoung Tak ^a   Chun, Heoung Jae ^a   Park, Jong Chan ^b   Na, Wook Jin ^b   Hong, Hyoung Taek ^a   Hwang, In Han ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Hyundai Motor Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon fibre; Computational modeling; Finite element analysis (FEA); Rollover analysis

Indexed keywords

BUS STRUCTURES; CARBON-EPOXY COMPOSITE; CENTER OF GRAVITY; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); MATERIAL MODELS; ROLL MOMENT; ROLLOVER ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PARTS;

ACCIDENTS; CARBON FIBERS; CRASHWORTHINESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATION;

BUSES;

EID: 84862807322     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.01.072     Document Type: Article

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