It is noticeable to say that bumper guards are now playing a vital role in the prevention of road accidents in case of slow impact collisions. With a big number of cars on the road and lack of efficiency in path management system and deficiency of attention during parking, the collision of cars have increased drastically in recent times. Crashes can be avoided but again in some cases, when the situation is inescapable, the bumper guards are responsible for taking the control of the crash; thus, the paper tries to find out the conditions that can be useful in safeguarding the safety of passengers. The paper aims to improve the crash-worthiness of the guard, reduce its weight and also reduce the manufacturing cost of the component. This study focuses on the various factors (shape, material) that serve the need for safety in the stage of product development specification (PDS). For the current analysis, structural steel, carbon fiber, glass fiber and its hybrid were taken into consideration and were tested with velocities of 4.0, 8.0 and 12.0 km/h with the thickness of bumper guard being 7 mm in case of structural steel and 5.84 mm in all other cases. Modeling was done using SolidWorks and analysis was done using ANSYS to find stress, strain and deformation. It was observed that the hybrid composite displayed better properties in comparison to other composite materials.

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Design and Analysis of an Automobile Bumper Made of Hybrid Composite Material

  • Tanveer Singh Waseer,
  • Gourav Dey,
  • Smaranika Nayak,
  • Ruby Mishra

摘要

It is noticeable to say that bumper guards are now playing a vital role in the prevention of road accidents in case of slow impact collisions. With a big number of cars on the road and lack of efficiency in path management system and deficiency of attention during parking, the collision of cars have increased drastically in recent times. Crashes can be avoided but again in some cases, when the situation is inescapable, the bumper guards are responsible for taking the control of the crash; thus, the paper tries to find out the conditions that can be useful in safeguarding the safety of passengers. The paper aims to improve the crash-worthiness of the guard, reduce its weight and also reduce the manufacturing cost of the component. This study focuses on the various factors (shape, material) that serve the need for safety in the stage of product development specification (PDS). For the current analysis, structural steel, carbon fiber, glass fiber and its hybrid were taken into consideration and were tested with velocities of 4.0, 8.0 and 12.0 km/h with the thickness of bumper guard being 7 mm in case of structural steel and 5.84 mm in all other cases. Modeling was done using SolidWorks and analysis was done using ANSYS to find stress, strain and deformation. It was observed that the hybrid composite displayed better properties in comparison to other composite materials.