COMPUTER MODELING OF BUMPER IMPACT RESISTANCE

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Tang, Sing C., author.

Conference Name:

3rd International Conference on Vehicle Structural Mechanics (1979) (1979-10-10 : Troy, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1979

Summary:

A simplified bumper model was established for evaluation of relative damageability with respect to the geometrical and material properties of an automobile bumper. Applying a nonlinear shell computer program developed at Ford Research Staff, we have studied the section of a prototype bumper and three idealized bumper sections. The computer results were used to describe the relative damage to four bumper sections. A drop weight test was conducted on the prototype bumper model and the test results were found to be in good agreement with the anlytical predictions

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Publisher Number:

790991

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