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MULTIBODY SIMULATION OF A CRASH TEST ATTENUATOR MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS

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Abedrabbo Ode, Gabriel [UCL] Poncelet, Antoine [UCL] Sepulveda, Patricia [Université de Liège.] Cescotto, Serge [Université de Liège.] Fisette, Paul [UCL]

A multibody system (MBS) model of a scaled experimental attenuator is being developed, the aim being to design a new kind of truck-mounted attenuator (TMA) made of recycled materials. In this work, we implement the elasto-plastic behavior of the recycled material modules as a constitutive law of a MBS model which also includes the impacting vehicle, in order to simulate the collision. The simulation results aim at predicting the potential risk for the occupants, referring to the Acceleration Severity Index (ASI), and for the road workers by considering the truck displacement. The envisaged collisions consider a vehicle weighting from 1 ton (at 100 km/h) up to 13 tons (at 70 km/h).

Document type Communication à un colloque (Conference Paper)
Publication date 2010
Language Anglais
Conference "International Symposium on Plasticity 2011 and Its Current Applications", Puerto Vallarta (du 03/01/2011 au 08/01/2011)
Affiliations Université de Liège. - ArGEnCo
Université de Liège. - ArGEnCo
UCL - SST/IMMC/MEED - Mechatronic, Electrical Energy, and Dynamics Systems
Keywords Multibody dynamics ; Truck-mounted attenuator
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Bibliographic reference Abedrabbo Ode, Gabriel ; Poncelet, Antoine ; Sepulveda, Patricia ; Cescotto, Serge ; Fisette, Paul. MULTIBODY SIMULATION OF A CRASH TEST ATTENUATOR MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS.International Symposium on Plasticity 2011 and Its Current Applications (Puerto Vallarta, du 03/01/2011 au 08/01/2011).
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/89706