TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Residual effects of metal forming: their effect on crash results
JO  - Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles
A1  - Sturt, R.
A1  - Richardson, P.
A1  - Knight, A.
A1  - Dutton, T.
SP  - 6 p.
EP  - 6 p.
VL  - 2001
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N2  - The thickness changes and work hardening arising during the forming process are generally ignored in crash analysis. This paper quantifies the effect of the forming process on crash response of a typical car of stamped steel construction using an analytical study. Forming results for fourteen panels of a medium-sized car were calculated using a one-step stamping analysis code. These were imported into the crash model, and crash results compared with and without the forming effects. The time taken to generate the forming data by a variety of methods is quantified, and the trade-off between the time taken and accuracy is examined. An efficient method of importing the forming data into the crash model is presented.<p /> 
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UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -