Effect of subframe structure on compatibility performance Mazda Motor Corporation

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Sunakawa, Takayuki, author.

Conference Name:

International Body Engineering Conference & Exposition (2003-10-27 : Tokyo, Japan)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2003

Summary:

With an aim to improve compatibility performance, vehicle-to-vehicle frontal impact simulations have been conducted between large car and small car.Focusing on sub-frame structure that disperses applied force with multiple load paths, a large saloon car with sub-frame was selected and three different front structures were studied: original, forward-extended sub-frame, and original with 25%-stiffness reduced structures. The types of collision contained four different crash modes in a combination of lateral overlap rate difference and side member height difference.As a result, it was found that the front structure with forward-extended sub-frame improved aggressivity by preventing override effect through structural interaction enhancement. Height of Force (HOF) was also improved

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Publisher Number:

2003-01-2748

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license