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Numerical Analysis of Vehicle Frontal Crash Phenomena
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Recent years have seen remarkable advances in the development and diffusion of numerical analysis techniques using the finite element method for examining vehicle crashworthiness. The importance of numerical analysis in vehicle development work has also increased. One reason for this is that the use of numerical analysis makes it possible to study crash phenomena in detail based on calculated data which can not be obtained experimentally. In this study, the non-linear dynamic finite element program PAM-CRASH was applied to a vehicle frontal crash simulation to calculate the body deformation modes, the force transmitted at different sections of the body structure and the internal energy accumulation of each component. The results obtained provide a quantitative explanation of the deformation mechanism of the body structure.
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Toyama, A., Hatano, K., and Murakami, E., "Numerical Analysis of Vehicle Frontal Crash Phenomena," SAE Technical Paper 920357, 1992, https://doi.org/10.4271/920357.Also In
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