The analysis of front rail crash on mini-bus chassis

Author

Liu, X.T. ; Liu, C.H. ; Shi, S.L. ; Zhao, L.H. ; Huang, H.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Automobile Eng., Shanghai Univ. of Sci. Eng., Shanghai, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 Feb. 2010

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

16

Abstract

To improve a mini-bus crash performance, firstly, finite element model of front rail crash on mini-bus chassis was built. Secondly, the simulation crash experiment was done by ABAQUS/Explicit. Finally, according to the simulating results of different cross section areas, different materials and different thins, the optimize design was determined. In conclusion, the results showed that the method of the simulation was a feasible way to ensure that a new designed mini-bus will have good crashworthiness.

Keywords

automotive engineering; impact (mechanical); rails; road safety; vehicle dynamics; automotive safety; crashworthiness; finite element model; front rail crash analysis; impact; minibus chassis; minibus crash performance; Automobiles; Automotive engineering; Computer crashes; Finite element methods; Kinetic energy; Protection; Rails; Railway safety; Thin wall structures; Vehicle crash testing; finite element; front rail; impact;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE), 2010 The 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5585-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5586-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAE.2010.5451424

Filename

5451424