A methodology for crash investigation of motorcycle-cars collisions combining accident reconstruction, finite elements, and experimental tests

Santos, Kenny; Silva, Nuno; Dias, João P.; Amado, Conceição

doi:10.1016/j.engfailanal.2023.107505

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“…In doing so, the longitudinal beams are subjected to a compressive force and the transverse beams and stiffeners are subjected to a bending force. The consequences of a side impact accident are often more severe than those of a frontal impact because the deformation structure of this part of the vehicle has to absorb the impact energy over a shorter path than in a frontal impact [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ].…”

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Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Stress–Strain Characteristics in DP 600 and TRIP 400/700 Steel Sheets

Evin,

Tomáš,

Németh

2023

Materials

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The body constitutes the largest proportion of the total vehicle weight. Recently, increasing efforts have been made towards reducing its weight and improving its crashworthiness. By reducing its weight, fuel consumption will be reduced, and this will also translate into lower CO2 emissions. In terms of safety, vehicle body components use high strength steel which can absorb a substantial amount of impact energy. The present study pays attention to DP 600 and TRIP 400/700 stress–strain characteristics at quasi-static strain rates. The stress–strain characteristics of absorption capacity, stiffness, and deformation resistance force were investigated experimentally by tensile tests, three-point bending tests, and numerical simulations. The results indicate the potential for increasing the absorption capacity, stiffness, and deformation resistance force of the vehicle body’s deformable steel components. The present study verified the possibility of replacing physical testing with numerical simulation. A reasonably satisfactory agreement between the experimentally determined stress–strain characteristics and the numerical simulation was achieved, which can reduce the development time of deformable vehicle body components, reduce costs and optimize the selection of materials. The results extend the state of knowledge on the deformation characteristics of high-strength materials and contribute to the optimization of body components in terms of passive safety and weight.

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