Optimisation of Automobile Interior Design Parameters to Mitigate the Effects of Full-Frontal and Oblique Collisions

Mertcan Tarhan, Burak Bal, Volkan Esat

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Abstract

Automobile accidents not only account for a large amount of all accidents, but also are a significant burden on societies with injuries and loss of lives. Interior design parameters of an automobile play a significant role in injury prevention of the occupant during collisions. This study involves various computational models, in which a typical automobile interior is constructed and some interior design features are varied. Different crash pulses are applied to the female and male computational human body models in frontal and (offside) oblique impact directions. Several results including the variations of injury criteria with impact speeds are presented along with a decision tool for automobile interior design.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of UMTIK2012 – 15th International Conference on Machine Design and Production, Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey
Number of pages13
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Vehicle Collision
  • Crash Pulse
  • Injury Criteria
  • Computational Human Body Model
  • Interior Design
  • MADYMO

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