Heavy-Truck Rear-Impact-Guard Finite Element Simulation and Analysis

Details

• Creators:
  Jones, Derek A ; Kalmar-Gonzalo, Alex ; Guleyupoglu, Berkan
• Corporate Creators:
  Elemance, LLC
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Advanced Vehicle Safety Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Rear end collisions
  • Underride guards
  • Finite element method
  • Biophysics
  • Crash injury research
  • Heavy vehicles
  • Trucks
  • FMVSS No. 223
  • FMVSS No. 224
  • THOR-50M
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 686
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This report describes finite element modeling to develop computational models of rear-impact semi-trailer guards used to simulate quasi-static tests prescribed by FMVSS No. 223 tests as well as a motor vehicle crash into the rear of a truck semi-trailer. For the crash simulations, existing FE models of passenger cars were applied, along with models of two 50th percentile male representations, the THOR-50M and the Global Human Body Models Consortium M50-OS model. Three rear-impact guard designs were modelled.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  693JJ921D000042
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84772/dot_84772_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 40.83 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Vehicle Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
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