A rear underrun protection device (RUPD) plays a fundamental role in reducing the risk of running a small car beneath the rear or the side of a heavy truck because of the difference in structure heights in the event of a vehicle collision. Even in cars with five-star safety ratings, crashing into a truck with poorly designed RUPD results in a passenger compartment intrusion (PCI) more than the maximum allowable limit as per the United States (US) American National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) standards Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS). In this article, mild steel was used to fabricate the new designs of RUPD. The design was analyzed using finite element (FE) analysis LS-DYNA software. Simulations of a Toyota Yaris 2010 and Ford Taurus 2001 were performed at a constant speed of 63 km/h at the time of impact. The ability to prevent severe injuries in a collision with the rear side of the truck was estimated to optimize the underrun design. The new design has achieved the goal of decreasing the head acceleration beyond the limit, which is less than 60 g. It has achieved a reduction in acceleration by 66.116% and zero PCIs even in collisions with different safety ratings cars.


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    Titel :

    Crashworthiness Performance of Rear Underrun Protection Device under Simulated Car Collision


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Sae Int. J. Passeng. Veh. Syst


    Beteiligte:


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023-06-06


    Format / Umfang :

    17 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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