Parameters Affecting the Specific Energy Absorption of Circular Side Impact Beam
Sanjay D. Patil1, Dheeraj S. Lengare2, Arvind J. Bhosale3, Kiran B. Bansode4, Rashtrapal B. Teltumade5
1Sanjay D. Patil*, Autombile Engineering Department, Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari (kh), Pune, India.
2Dheeraj S. Lengare, Autombile Engineering Department, Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari (kh), Pune, India.
3Arvind J. Bhosale, Autombile Engineering Department, Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari (kh), Pune, India.
4Kiran B. Bansode, Autombile Engineering Department, Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari (kh), Pune, India.
5Rashtrapal B. Teltumade, Autombile Engineering Department, Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari (kh), Pune, India.
Manuscript received on January 26, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on February 05, 2020. | Manuscript published on February 30, 2020. | PP: 3399-3405 | Volume-9 Issue-3, February 2020. | Retrieval Number: C6259029320 /2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.C6259.029320
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Abstract: In vehicle design, safety of occupants is one of the most important criteria. During side collisions, space between vehicle body and occupants is very less as compared to frontal collision. Hence, scope for energy absorption due to deformation of vehicle body in side collisions is less. The strength of side door plays important role in the framework of vehicle side body. The strength of side doors during side collision depends upon the impact beam, vehicle construction, layout of doors etc. Among the mentioned parameters, strength of impact beam is a crucial parameter. The impact beam absorbs notable amount of impact energy by deforming during side collision. Design of side impact beam should be optimum as it is limited by weight of vehicle. Parameters like material, dimensions, shape and mountings of beam inside the door are affecting the strength of side impact beam. In this work parameters of circular cross-section impact beam like diameter of beam, thickness of beam and angle of mounting inside the door are studied. Finite element simulation of side impact beam is done in ABAQUS software and its relative effects on Specific Energy Absorption (SEA) capacity of beam is studied. The simulation results are validated with available literatures. The ANOVA analysis followed by Design of Experiments is used to determine contribution of each parameter on SEA. Further various parameters of circular impact beam are studied by examining the result analysis for crashworthiness of side door.
Keywords: Side impact beam; Side intrusion beam; vehicle side door; Taguchi method; ANOVA; crashworthiness of side door, Specific Energy Absorption