TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Collapse and energy absorption of thin-walled frame with polygonal section
JO  - Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles
A1  - Satoh, T.
A1  - Takada, K.
SP  - 518
EP  - 524
VL  - 1996
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N2  - 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 /> 
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UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
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