The reconciled finite element model of riveted joints structure for crash analysis / Nor Munirah Hassin

In the automotive structure, a different type material structure partially employing aluminium alloy sheets may be adopted in order to achieve higher strength and better formability for light weighting and crashworthiness. The structures are assembled from components connected by various types of jo...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hassin, Nor Munirah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37319/1/37319.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-uitm-ir.37319
record_format uketd_dc
spelling my-uitm-ir.373192022-11-01T07:35:02Z The reconciled finite element model of riveted joints structure for crash analysis / Nor Munirah Hassin 2017 Hassin, Nor Munirah Finite element method Metals In the automotive structure, a different type material structure partially employing aluminium alloy sheets may be adopted in order to achieve higher strength and better formability for light weighting and crashworthiness. The structures are assembled from components connected by various types of joints and the dynamic properties of the joints are difficult to incorporate in the model numerically accurately due to invalid assumption of input values. The accuracy of the predicted model is significantly affected by the input properties of the joints. In this research, the dynamic behaviour of a simplified model of crash box structure that is joined by a number of riveted joints was investigated. Different types of connector elements were investigated and their accuracy was discussed in terms of natural frequencies and mode shapes. In order to achieve these goals, the predicted results are compared with the experimental data. Moreover, the re-conciliation method known as iterative finite element model updating is used to minimise the discrepancy between the experimental results and the predicted results of finite element model of crash box. In this research, the effectiveness of updated model of the crash box is then used for the crash analysis using crash simulation ABAQUS/explicit, and at the end of this research, the updated model was compared with the initial model in terms of Crush Force Efficiency (CFE), Initial Peak Force (IPF) and Specific Energy Absorption (SEA). Based on evaluation of the crash data, all of the relative errors of the three criteria of impact response of updated model were found closer to the experimental drop test in comparison with the initial model of the double hat shape. It is shown that the updated finite element model of the crash box provides a better correlation with the crash experimental result. 2017 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37319/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37319/1/37319.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Yunus, Mohd Azmi
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Yunus, Mohd Azmi
topic Finite element method
Metals
spellingShingle Finite element method
Metals
Hassin, Nor Munirah
The reconciled finite element model of riveted joints structure for crash analysis / Nor Munirah Hassin
description In the automotive structure, a different type material structure partially employing aluminium alloy sheets may be adopted in order to achieve higher strength and better formability for light weighting and crashworthiness. The structures are assembled from components connected by various types of joints and the dynamic properties of the joints are difficult to incorporate in the model numerically accurately due to invalid assumption of input values. The accuracy of the predicted model is significantly affected by the input properties of the joints. In this research, the dynamic behaviour of a simplified model of crash box structure that is joined by a number of riveted joints was investigated. Different types of connector elements were investigated and their accuracy was discussed in terms of natural frequencies and mode shapes. In order to achieve these goals, the predicted results are compared with the experimental data. Moreover, the re-conciliation method known as iterative finite element model updating is used to minimise the discrepancy between the experimental results and the predicted results of finite element model of crash box. In this research, the effectiveness of updated model of the crash box is then used for the crash analysis using crash simulation ABAQUS/explicit, and at the end of this research, the updated model was compared with the initial model in terms of Crush Force Efficiency (CFE), Initial Peak Force (IPF) and Specific Energy Absorption (SEA). Based on evaluation of the crash data, all of the relative errors of the three criteria of impact response of updated model were found closer to the experimental drop test in comparison with the initial model of the double hat shape. It is shown that the updated finite element model of the crash box provides a better correlation with the crash experimental result.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Hassin, Nor Munirah
author_facet Hassin, Nor Munirah
author_sort Hassin, Nor Munirah
title The reconciled finite element model of riveted joints structure for crash analysis / Nor Munirah Hassin
title_short The reconciled finite element model of riveted joints structure for crash analysis / Nor Munirah Hassin
title_full The reconciled finite element model of riveted joints structure for crash analysis / Nor Munirah Hassin
title_fullStr The reconciled finite element model of riveted joints structure for crash analysis / Nor Munirah Hassin
title_full_unstemmed The reconciled finite element model of riveted joints structure for crash analysis / Nor Munirah Hassin
title_sort reconciled finite element model of riveted joints structure for crash analysis / nor munirah hassin
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate 2017
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37319/1/37319.pdf
_version_ 1783734415295250432