Title :
Adaptive car buffer: the concept, design tools and perspectives
Author :
Bielecki, Tomasz ; Holnicki-Szalc, J. ; Jezequel, Luis
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Fundamental Technol. Res., Polish Acad. of Sci., Warsaw, Poland
Abstract :
The general concept of design of adaptive structures (equipped with controllable energy dissipating units, so called structural fuses) is presented and the corresponding gradient based numerical design tools are described. This concept is applied to the design of a practical adaptive car buffer. the numerical simulation of the effect of its adaptation to various crash scenarios is demonstrated. High effectiveness of active impact energy absorption by adaptive structures demonstrates the potential of this adaptive crashworthiness applications
Keywords :
adaptive systems; automobiles; gradient methods; impact (mechanical); active impact energy absorption; adaptive structures; car buffer; crashworthiness; energy dissipating units; gradient method; semiactive control; structural fuses; Absorption; Adaptive control; Computer crashes; Control systems; Fuses; Programmable control; Protection; Sensor systems; Stress; Vehicle crash testing;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Como
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6736-7
DOI :
10.1109/AIM.2001.936475
