Discovering shock absorbing materials on automobiles bumpers through numerical simulations

• Main Author: Khoo, Ding Jie
• Other Authors: Li Shuzhou
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials::Material testing and characterization; Engineering::Mathematics and analysis::Simulations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142269
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Automotive bumpers are crucial components in protecting the occupants and the vehicle. By improving the crashworthiness of a bumper, the number of fatalities and repair costs would be reduced. One method is to enhance the energy absorbing capability. An automotive bumper system’s energy absorbing pe...