@article{ref1,
title="Collapse and energy absorption of thin-walled frame with polygonal section",
journal="Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles",
year="1996",
author="Satoh, T. and Takada, K.",
volume="1996",
number="",
pages="518-524",
abstract="There have been ever-increasing demands for higher levels of passive safety for automobile occupants. With small-sized vehicles in particular, we are facing the major problem of reducing occupant injury with a limited crush stroke. To cope with the problem, a body structure that effectively absorbs impact due to collision should be designed and developed. This paper reports the confirmation that a side member structure featuring a rectangular cross section is capable of ensuring a similar level of energy absorption to that of a hexagonal cross section. This was realized through the combination of the advantages of the thin-walled side member characteristics and addition of several corner lines to ensure equal ratios for the width and thickness of each side-wall. Static compression experiments and computer simulations were performed. Those results are also described.<p />",
language="",
issn="",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}