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Numerical Investigation of Effects of Frame Trigger Hole Location on Crash Behavior
Technical Paper
2005-01-0702
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The front rail plays a very important role in vehicle crash. Trigger holes are commonly used to control frame crush mode due to their simple manufacturing process and flexibility for late changes in the product development phase. Therefore, a study, including CAE and testing, was conducted on a production front rail to understand the effects of trigger hole shape, size and orientation. The trigger hole location in the front rail also affects crash performance. Therefore, the effect of trigger hole location on front rail crash behavior was studied, and understanding these effects is the main objective of this study. A tapered front rail produced from 1.7 mm thick DP600 steel was used for the trigger hole location investigation. Front rails with different trigger spacing and sizes were tested using VIA sled test facility and the crash progress was simulated using a commercial code RADIOSS. The strain rate, welding and forming effects were incorporated in the front rail modeling. The effects of the trigger location and size on crash performance and better spacing combination were studied for the optimal front rail design. The hole locations to trigger a bending mode were also investigated numerically and experimentally using the production front rails.
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Li, W., Tyan, T., Chen, G., Chen, X. et al., "Numerical Investigation of Effects of Frame Trigger Hole Location on Crash Behavior," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-0702, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-0702.Also In
SAE 2005 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems
Number: V114-6; Published: 2006-02-01
Number: V114-6; Published: 2006-02-01
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