Optimizing The Stiffness And Strength In Bumper Beam Design

Mohd Azizi, Abd Aziz (2006) Optimizing The Stiffness And Strength In Bumper Beam Design. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The main purpose of an automotive bumper beam is to protect the passengers of vehicle from injuries in a low speed collision. The automotive bumper system also to protect the hood, trunk, fuel, exhaust and cooling system as well as safety related equipment. The best way to increase the performance of the bumper beam by optimizing the stiffness and the strength and employing polymeric based composite bumper beam of the passenger car. The polymeric based composite material has high specific stiffness and high specific strength. The cross sectional shape and material selection of new bumper beam was designed to provide a lower mass and good impact performance, reduce part count and recyclable. The 'I' type of cross section of the automotive bumper beam has been chosen because it gives high stiffness and strength to the beam and the polymeric based composite material selected for the bumper beam is Sheet Moulding Compound (SMC) composite. This material was selected because of easily to manufactured, high specific strength and specific stiffness, chemical resistance, good cycle times and good low temperature ductility.

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