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http://dx.doi.org/10.7234/composres.2017.30.2.158

Numerical Study on Performance Evaluation of Impact Beam for Automotive Side-Door using Fiber Metal Laminate  

Park, Eu-Tteum (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kim, Jeong (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kang, Beom-Soo (Graduate School of Convergence Science, Pusan National University)
Song, Woo-Jin (Graduate School of Convergence Science, Pusan National University)
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Composites Research / v.30, no.2, 2017 , pp. 158-164 More about this Journal
Abstract
The fiber metal laminate is a type of hybrid materials laminated thin metallic sheets with fiber reinforced plastic sheets. The laminate has been researched or applied in automotive and aerospace industries due to their outstanding impact absorbing performance in view of light weight aspect. Specially, the replacement of side-impact beam as the fiber reinforced plastic has been researched actively. The objective of this paper is the primitive investigation in the development of side-door impact beam using the fiber metal laminate. First, the three-point bending simulations were conducted to decide the shape of impact beam using the numerical analysis. Next, two cases impact beam (pure DP 980 and fiber metal laminate) were installed in the side-door, and then the bending tests (according to FMVSS 214S) were simulated using the numerical analysis. It is noted that the side-door impact beam can be replaced with the fiber metal laminate sufficiently based on the numerical analysis results.
Keywords
Fiber metal laminate; Side-door impact beam; Three-point bending test; Side-door bending test;
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