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Improving Analysis Accuracy By Modeling rivets/bolts As Solids In Sheet Metal Structure
In general, main assembly consists of different sub-assemblies. These sub-assemblies are joined together using rivets/bolts, welds etc. Individual subassembly is often verified for performance using commercial CAE software. To save ...
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Modelling of the deformation and fracture behaviour of laser welds for crash simulation
The light weight potential in automobile fabrication is increasing due to the development of new high strength steels. The realisation of this potential requires the use of adjusted joining techniques for the combination of optimized ...
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Dynamic Simulation of Mechatronic Systems
A growing number of safety systems are implemented in modern vehicles. Thereby vehicles become more complex and in succession the quantity of potential error causes is increasing. Numerical simulation and prototype tests are used to ...
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Crash Simulation of an F1 Racing Car Front Impact Structure
Formula 1 motorsport is a platform for maximum race car driving performance resulting from high-tech developments in the area of lightweight materials and aerodynamic design. In order to ensure the driver’s safety in case of ...
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Development of Material Input Data for Solid Elements under Crash Loads
Heavy trucks have large masses and only small deformation zones. Because of this, they are loaded relatively severe in case of a crash. Under those conditions structural response is characterised not only by plastic deformation but ...
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Crashworthiness of Aluminium Structures Modelling and Validation
Lightweight materials such as aluminium offer the automotive industry an opportunity to design and manufacture high-performance vehicles that are safe, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly, and much lighter than traditional ...
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Advanced Simulation Methods for the new Porsche Panamera
The Porsche Panamera brings together for the first time the virtues of a sports car with Porsche’s own interpretation of a classical Gran Turismo. This new segment is characterised by the balance between sportiness on the one hand and ...
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New Features of LS-PrePost 3.0
The introduction of the new LS-PrePost 3.0 will be presented here. A completely redesigned graphical user interface has been implemented in the new version of LS-PrePost 3.0. Tool bars and icons are being used for the main manual ...
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Reliability-based Multi-Objective Optimization and Visualization using LS-OPT Version 4
This study expounds the multi-objective optimization of a realistic crashworthiness problem with special reference to the incorporation of uncertainty and the visualization of the Pareto Optimal Frontier (POF). LS-OPT® and LS-DYNA® ...
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