Composite Plastic Hybrid for Automotive Front Bumper Beam

EXPERIMENTAL POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIAL SELECTION FOR AUTOMOTIVE BUMPER BEAM USING MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS

Material selection is a main purpose in design process and plays an important role in desired performance of the products for diverse engineering applications. In order to solve material selection problem, multi criteria decision making (MCDM) methods can be used as an applicable tool. Bumper beam is one of the most important components of bumper system in absorbing energy. Therefore, selecting...

Simulating the Complete Forming Sequence for a Roll Formed Automotive Bumper Beam Authors:

As part of the development of a new automotive bumper beam, a complete simulation of the entire forming process was carried out using LS-DYNA. The material for the beam was an ultra high strength steel presenting many challenges for the forming process. The sequence of forming operations was roll-forming (including forming a sweep in the initially straight roll-formed section), local annealing,...

Improving Mechanical Properties by KENAF Natural Long Fiber Reinforced Composite for Automotive Structures

Natural fibers have recently become attractive to automotive industry as an alternative reinforcement for glass fiber reinforced thermoplastics. The best way to increase the fuel efficiency without sacrificing safety is to employ fiber reinforced composite materials in the body of the cars so that weight reduction can be achieved. Designing the structures with the focus on improvement aspects i...

Finite Element Analysis of the Bumper Beam

The main purpose of bumper is to absorb shock in case of a collision. Several materials have been used to develop these shock-absorbing capabilities, such as steel, aluminium, glass mat thermoplastics and sheet molding compound. The purpose of this project is to design a bumper which is to improve crashworthiness of the bumper beam. Crashworthiness is the ability of the bumper beam to prevent o...

Universiti Putra Malaysia Selection of Conceptual Design Using Analytical Hierarchy Process for Automotive Bumper Beam under Concurrent Engineering Environment Hambali