• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.25-30
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• 1999

자동차의 정면 충돌시 발생하는 충돌에너지를 흡수하여 인명을 보호하기 위한 장비중 구조 역학적 관점에서 고려될 수 있는 것으로 범퍼와 사이드멤버(Side Member)가 있다. 이들중 범퍼는 시속 8km/hr 이하의 저속 충돌시에 탄성 변형에너지로서 충돌에너지를 흡수하는 역할을 하나, 그 이상의 고속 정면 충돌시에는 일반적으로 사이드멤버가 충돌에너지의 60∼70%를 부재의 연속적인 대변형에 의한 소성에너지에 의해 흡수하고 있다. (중략)

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.1155-1162
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the bead shape on the crash performance of an aluminum crash box under a low-velocity impact condition. The initial peak load and impact energy absorption of a crash box with three types of bead shapes-edge concave, surface convex, and surface concave type-were studied through an FE analysis and an experiment. In addition, the effects of the bead shapes on the crash performance of the crash box were verified through a low-velocity-impact test with a front side member assembled with an aluminum crash box. The initial peak load of the surface-concave-type crash box was reduced by the bead, and therefore, deformation of the front side member at initial contact could be prevented. Furthermore, there was no deformation of the front side member after the impact test because the crash box with a surface-concave-type bead absorbed all the impact energy.

• Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.6-12
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• 2018

Optimized section shape of aluminum bumper backbeam for enhancing the front high speed crashworthiness was investigated. Front body analysis model of a convertible vehicle was built up and parameter studies were carried out with changing the inner rib shape and the section thickness distribution. First an inner rib shape displaying most efficient structural performance was selected. Next, for the selected section the effect of section thickness combination was examined. Also, a light weighed backbeam section displaying crash performance over the current design was suggested. Finally RCAR front low speed impact analyses were carried out for the optimized models.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.191-197
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• 2016

RCAR low speed impact test estimates repair cost of the impacted vehicle. In this study, for a mid-size vehicle front body model, structural performance for RCAR low speed impact were analyzed with changing the bumper stay shape and size. First, for improving the impact load transfer mechanism to side member the stay rear section shape at connecting area with side member was modified and the stay outer was redesigned to be normal to the barrier. Next, the investigation on stay thickness effect was carried out and the performances of several models with different forming shape were compared. The final design showed 13mm decrease in the maximum barrier intrusion distance and greatly reduced side member deformation. Additional analyses explained the validity of the final design.