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http://dx.doi.org/10.7467/KSAE.2012.20.3.126

Crumple Zone Design and Upper Legform Impactor Analysis for Pedestrian Protection  

Jeon, Young-Eun (Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Kangwon National University)
Moon, Hyung-Il (Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Yong-Soo (Product Development Team, SL Corporation)
Kim, Heon-Young (Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Kangwon National University)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers / v.20, no.3, 2012 , pp. 126-132 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, pedestrian protection related research topics have been actively studied by automotive designers and engineers due to the enhanced pedestrian protecting regulations. It is required to design an energy absorbing structure, such as crumple zone that can sufficiently absorb the impact energy to reduce the leg injury when accident happens. The structure is designed by reducing the height of front end module, considering the mounting location, and investigating impact characteristics. In this paper, the concept of the crumple zone was introduced and the role of the crumple zone was investigated by analyzing the performance of upper legform impact to a bonnet leading edge test, and the design process was suggested.
Keywords
Pedestrian protection; Upper legform; Bonnet leading edge test; Crumple zone; Impact analysis; Front end module;
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