A hood and, in particular, a hood inner panel for increasing pedestrian safety during a collision between a pedestrian and a motor vehicle. The hood inner panel includes two regions separated by an angled wall or a reinforcing structure which increases local rigidity. The rigidity of the hood inner panel in the vicinity of the angled wall is then adjusted for energy absorption by the inclusion of apertures which can increase the deformability of the hood inner panel.
Hood inner design for pedestrian protection
2016-03-08
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Automobile Hood/Fender Design Optimization for Pedestrian Protection
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994
|Automobile hood/fender design optimization for pedestrian protection
Automotive engineering | 1994
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