“…A total of n = 47 papers were collected through the ScienceDirect ® electronic database, and n = 32 records were excluded due to NOA + NR + WR criteria. In this regard, the research articles (n = 15) employing FEA simulations and optimization techniques in order to improve the automotive vehicle bumper design are being examined and interpreted (Ahmed 2020;Chu et al, 2019;Decker et al, 2019;Godara and Nagar, 2020;Huang et al, 2020;Kim et al, 2017;Lei et al, 2021;Liu et al, 2022;Nachippan et al, 2021;Qi et al, 2018;Shang et al, 2021;Sun et al, 2021;Wang et al, 2018;Yang et al, 2020, Zhou et al, 2022. The systematic literature review reveals that mainly three methods have been adopted to optimize automotive vehicle bumpers, considering pedestrian safety: (1) hybrid material selection (for instance, aluminum-steel), (2) geometrical modifications, and (3) multi-objective optimization approaches.…”