Optimal Design of Light Commercial Vehicle Headlamp for Pedestrian Protection

• Authors: M. Yazıcı , H. Güçlü , İ. Karen , İ. Kandirmiş , S Malkoç , Ö. Buyukluoğlu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this study, the headlamp of a light commercial vehicle was optimized in the way of pedestrian safety. This work aims to prevent harms to pedestrians in the urban crashes. Finite element analysis models of current headlamp and impactors representing pedestrian body forms were created. Static, modal and dynamic/explicit analyses were carried out by using existing and optimized headlamp models. Both models were in the simulations under the same boundary conditions. The results of two conditions were compared with each other. The results showed that connection regions of the headlamp have a major effect on pedestrian safety in pedestrian-vehicle collisions.

Keywords

EN

46.40.-f; 02.70.Bf

Discipline

• 46.40.-f: Vibrations and mechanical waves(see also 43.40.+s Structural acoustics and vibration; 62.30.+d Mechanical and elastic waves; vibrations in mechanical properties of solids)
• 02.70.Bf: Finite-difference methods

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 130
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 262-265

Dates

published

2016-07

Contributors

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M. Yazıcı

• Dep. of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey

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H. Güçlü

• Dep. of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey

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İ. Karen

• Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bursa Orhangazi University, Bursa, Turkey

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İ. Kandirmiş

• Dep. of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey

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S Malkoç

• Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bursa Orhangazi University, Bursa, Turkey

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Ö. Buyukluoğlu

• Magneti Marelli MAKO Inc., Bursa, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.130.262