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Automotive Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (12): 2190-2199.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2024.12.006

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Study on Sandwich Hood Inspired by Straw-Shaped Structure and Its Protective Effectiveness on Head Injury

Tiefang Zou,Dezhuo Chen,Qiqi Li()   

  1. School of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering,Changsha University of Science & Technology,Changsha  410114
  • Received:2024-05-20 Revised:2024-06-10 Online:2024-12-25 Published:2024-12-20
  • Contact: Qiqi Li E-mail:liqiqi@csust.edu.cn

Abstract:

In order to develop a hood with better pedestrian protection performance, firstly three types of straw energy absorption modules are designed, specifically circular, triangular and rectangular. Subsequently, the CSEAM sample with PA11 material is prepared and the finite element model is verified. Then, the human body injury protection effectiveness of the three types of Novel Straw-shaped structure Sandwich Hood (NSSH) is evaluated by simulation and the deformation mode is analyzed. The results show that the three NSSHs can significantly reduce pedestrian head injury, and the Triangle Straw-shape structure Sandwich Hood (TSSH) has the best protective effectiveness on human body injury. The deformation is uniformly diffused in a regular shape, and the peak of acceleration and impact force in each stage of the collision waveform is optimized by reducing the overall structural stiffness of the hood. Further analysis shows that the human body injury protection effectiveness of TSSH decreases with the increase of vehicle speed and impact angle, and the injury caused by TSSH is significantly lower than that of the original hood, indicating that raising the hood can reduce the impact angle to better protect pedestrians, while when the Ratio of Pedestrian height to Bonnet leading edge height Rh≤2.1 and Rh≥2.45, the head only impacts the hood and windshield, respectively. It can be used as the criterion of hood lift. The research results can provide support for the design of hood structure with better pedestrian protection effectiveness.

Key words: automobile safety, hood, sandwich structure, pedestrian protection, lifting