TY - JOUR PY - 2018// TI - Development of theoretical prediction method using Ustar (u*) for stiffening effect of structures and application to determination of stiffener location for passenger car bodies under rapid steering JO - Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan A1 - Takahashi, Kunihiro A1 - Yoda, Eimon A1 - Nambu, Yuta A1 - Sakurai, Toshiaki A1 - Maki, Tetsuo A1 - Omiya, Masaki SP - 1243 EP - 1248 VL - 49 IS - 6 N2 - The relation between the stiffness increase of a structure and the Ustar (U*) value of stiffener location was theoretically formulated. In the formula, U* from the loading point (U*A) is not included, although the effect of U* from the support point (U*B) is dominant. As an example, the stiffness increase ratios of passenger car bodies caused by stiffeners at the strut tower top for the lateral force were quantitatively predicted using the obtained formula. The predicted values using U* corresponded well with the stiffness increase obtained from a FEM computer simulation model of an actual sedan body.
Language: ja
LA - ja SN - 0287-8321 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.11351/jsaeronbun.49.1243 ID - ref1 ER -