Simplified Approach for Formability Simulation of Automotive Body Structures Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kettering University

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

El-Sayed, Jacqueline, author.

Conference Name:

International Body Engineering Conference & Exposition (2001-10-16 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2001

Summary:

This paper presents a simplified approach for formability simulation of automotive body structural sections in the early design stage of vehicle development process. Plane strain approach is investigated for its applicability and accuracy by comparing the analytical results with the measured results of automotive body side panel. The plane strain approach was tried based on the fact that for a certain section location of a stamped panel, the minor strains are relatively small and negligible compared to the major strains. The state of plane strain can be induced mainly through symmetry and applied boundary conditions. This approach is both cost effective and time saving for analyzing sheet metal formability in early vehicle development stage, since only few sections of the entire panel need be analyzed. To demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the approach the analytical results of the commercial FEA software AUTOFORM2.1 is used in comparison with the results from actual measurements

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Publisher Number:

2001-01-3048

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