Efficient Crash Structure Design for Road Traffic Accidents of Tomorrow

Abstract

This is a comprehensive study exploring a number of innovative approaches to efficient crash structure design for automotive applications. The study is completed using a novel reduced order modelling approach enabling a detailed investigation that is not computationally prohibitive. The study includes a number of innovative designs with significant potential for dramatically increasing specific energy absorbance, but also highlights that some of these are more prone to a number of problematic aspects relating to real world implementation.