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Automotive Engineering ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (8): 922-926.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2019.08.010

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Improvement of Coach Crashworthiness Based onTopology Optimization of Substructure

Wu Changfeng1,2, Na Jingxin1, Qin Guofeng3, Lu Linzhao2, Yuan Zheng4, Yang Jiazhou1   

  1. 1.Jilin University, State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, Changchun 130022;
    2.Xiamen King-long United Automotive Industry Co., Ltd., Xiamen 361023;
    3.Teachers College for Vocational and Technical Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004;
    4.School of Mechatronics and Automobile Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005
  • Received:2018-11-16 Online:2019-08-25 Published:2019-09-03

Abstract: An improved design method of coach body skeleton crashworthiness based on the topology optimization of substructure is proposed. Firstly, the crashworthiness evaluation of a monocoque coach is carried out by test and simulation, and the crux of body structure deformation is analyzed. The skeleton of front driving area is extracted as the sub-structure, and its crashworthiness is analyzed for improvement with the same crash energy absorption as the equivalence condition. Then in order to control the local deformation instability of sub-structure, a topology optimization is conducted on the spatial region of sub-structure, with the peak collision force of the energy absorbing box as loading condition. Eight groups of improvement schemes are comparatively analyzed, with the up-to-the-standard scheme having the lightest mass selected for sled test verification. Finally, the scheme is incorporated into the whole vehicle structure for validating its crashworthiness improvement. The results show that the crashworthiness of vehicle is effectively improved

Key words: coach body, crashworthiness, substructure, topology optimization, sled test