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Using Terocore® Brand Structural Foam to Improve Bumper Beam Design
Technical Paper
2002-01-2018
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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SAE 2003 World Congress & Exhibition
International Body Engineering Conference & Exhibition and Automotive & Transportation Technology Congress
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English
Abstract
The objective of this study is to design efficient epoxy structural foam reinforcements to improve the energy absorption of front and rear automotive bumper beams.
Three bumper structural performance criteria were studied. The 64 KPH Front Pole Test criteria was studied to improve energy absorption early in the crash event to facilitate earlier air bag crash pulse detection; thereby reducing air bag firing time. The 16 KPH Rear Thatcham Crash Test was studied to improve energy absorption of the rear bumper system. Improvement in energy absorption will lead to a reduction in intrusion of the Thatcham Rear Moving Barrier into the rear of the vehicle; thereby reducing vehicle repair cost. The 8 KPH Rear Pole Test was also studied to increase energy absorption; thereby reducing intrusion of the rear pole into the vehicle structure and reducing repair cost.
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Butler, M., Wycech, J., Parfitt, J., and Tan, E., "Using Terocore® Brand Structural Foam to ImproveBumper Beam Design," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2018, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2018.Data Sets - Support Documents
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