Finite element analysis (FEA) plays an important role in assessing the crashworthiness of support structures for electronic components in an automobile. In the event of a crash, the safety of front seated passengers may be compromised by components mounted in the interior panel. In this paper, a radio mounting clip design is evaluated under rear crash load at 50 kmph velocity using FEA. A simplified approach to analyze crash situations of component mountings inside an automobile is outlined. A full-section collapse nonlinear elastic-plastic analysis is performed to estimate force to failure. Various design alternatives for the clip to meet a required rear crash load are discussed. The FEA results are compared with experiments and analytical calculations, and fairly good correlation is observed.
Finite Element Analysis of a Radio Mounting Clip Under Rear Crash Loading Environment
Sae Technical Papers
SIAT 2004 ; 2004
2004-01-16
Conference paper
English
Finite Element Analysis of a Radio Mounting Clip Under Rear Crash Loading Environment
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