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The crash box between a bumper and a car body in automobiles can reduce impacts for car bodies with a bumper at a low-speed collision by preventing the shocks. Also, this crash box is the part playing a very important role for the safety of vehicle and the reduction of repair cost, and many studies have been investigated for the performance. In this study, aluminum foam was inserted in an aluminum crash box to analyze the relationships of deformation, stress and internal energy. The compression characteristics are compared with six cases. In addition, the load due to displacement at experiment for a case is verified by modeling with finite elements and performing the structural analysis. As these study results for investigating characteristics of the crash box, it is thought that the effective designs of crash box to enhance the durability for collision are made possible.

Lumber support as the part of automotive seat supports the pressure applied on waist by clearing the tiredness of passenger at long driving. In this study, lumbar support of automotive seat is modelled. Various bids are built up at its bed. The main purpose is to look for adequate model on comfortableness by calculating displacement according to applied force when some passenger sit at automotive seat. Full build -up type of 5 rows can be seen most suitable for passenger's comfortableness and its durability as the inner displacement of 5mm and contact force of 500 N.