B-pillar design optimization under a crushing load
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İsmail Öztürk
Dr. İsmail Öztürk was born in 1982 in Bursa, Turkey. He is an assistant professor in the Automotive Engineering Department at Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey, and received his Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering from Uludağ University. Before joining Uludağ University, he worked at the Durmazlar machine factory in Bursa, Turkey. His research interests are vehicle crashworthiness, accelerated design, B-pillar, and vehicle bumper beam optimization.
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Tayfun Başkara
M.Sc. Tayfun Başkara was born in 1997 in Denizli, Turkey. He is an FEA Application Engineer for ST Engineering in Bursa, Turkey. He have received his M.Sc. in Automotive Engineering Department from Pamukkale University. His research interests are vehicle crash tests, crash simulations, passive safety, metamodel-based optimization and advance materials for automotive industry.
Abstract
B-pillars designed from B1500HS boron steel were compared for roof crushing situations for three different hardness values in the study’s scope. Simulations were also performed for designs where different parts of the B-pillar have different hardness values (tailored properties). For this purpose, roof crushing analyses were conducted, and results were compared in energy absorption and peak crushing force. The highest peak crushing force was obtained from the upper part T25 and lower part T400 heat-treated B-pillar. Upper part T400 and lower part T25 heat-treated B-pillar gave the highest energy absorption value. Since the energy absorption value of the upper part T25 and lower part T400 heat-treated B-pillar is low, the upper part T400 and lower part T25 heat-treated B-pillar provides the second-highest peak crushing force was chosen for use in the optimization. Single and multi-objective optimization studies were conducted to maximize peak crushing force and specific energy absorption for the upper part T400 and lower part T25 heat-treated B-pillar. The optimal B-pillar with tailored properties has an advantage over the base B-pillar, which could be used for B-pillar design.
About the authors
Dr. İsmail Öztürk was born in 1982 in Bursa, Turkey. He is an assistant professor in the Automotive Engineering Department at Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey, and received his Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering from Uludağ University. Before joining Uludağ University, he worked at the Durmazlar machine factory in Bursa, Turkey. His research interests are vehicle crashworthiness, accelerated design, B-pillar, and vehicle bumper beam optimization.
M.Sc. Tayfun Başkara was born in 1997 in Denizli, Turkey. He is an FEA Application Engineer for ST Engineering in Bursa, Turkey. He have received his M.Sc. in Automotive Engineering Department from Pamukkale University. His research interests are vehicle crash tests, crash simulations, passive safety, metamodel-based optimization and advance materials for automotive industry.
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Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Declarations: The authors did not receive support from any organization for the submitted work.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- B-pillar design optimization under a crushing load
- Determination of residual stresses in metallic materials based on spherical indentation strain
- Design analysis and manufacture of a variable load effective wear machine
- Corrosion and wear resistance of the Al/steel dissimilar weld metals by using multi-principal filler materials
- Impact toughness improvement of high boron-chromium steel by different isothermal heat treatment durations
- Effect of different corrosive media on the corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of armor steel
- Design and analysis of lattice structure applied humerus semi-prosthesis
- Experimental and numerical investigation of flexural behavior of balsa core sandwich composite structures
- Investigating microstructural evolution and wear resistance of AISI 316L stainless steel cladding deposited over mild steel using constant current GMAW and pulsed current GMAW processes
- Dynamic recrystallization in friction stir welded AA2014 aluminium alloy joints to replace riveted joints
- Application performance of bio-based plasticizer for PVC automotive interior material
- Improving the wear resistance of the magnesium alloy WE43 by cold sprayed Ni–Al2O3 and Ni–Zn–Al2O3 coatings
- Multi-material additive manufacturing: investigation of the combined use of ABS and PLA in the same structure
- Material flow and mechanical properties of friction stir welded AA 5052-H32 and AA6061-T6 alloys with Sc interlayer
- Corrigendum to: Relationship between extrusion temperature and corrosion resistance of magnesium alloy AZ61
