Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회논문집)

The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회)
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Hood and Bumper Structure Design Methodology for Pedestrian Regulation

보행자 법규와 자동차 후드 및 범퍼 구조물 설계방안

  • Lee Jaewan (Korea Automobile Testing and Research Institute) ;
  • Yoon Kyonghan (Korea Automobile Testing and Research Institute) ;
  • Kang Younsoo (The Korea transport Institute) ;
  • Park Kyungtaek (Department of Mechanical Design Production Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Park Gyungjin (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • 이제완 (교통안전공단 자동차성능시험연구소) ;
  • 윤경한 (교통안전공단 자동차성능시험연구소) ;
  • 강연수 (교통개발연구원) ;
  • 박경택 (한양대학교 대학원 기계설계학과) ;
  • 박경진 (한양대학교 기계정보경영학부)
  • Published : 2005.05.01
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Abstract

Although the numbers of pedestrian fatalities and injuries are steadily declining worldwide, pedestrian protection is still an important issue. Extensive researches have been carried out in the field of pedestrian protection in order to establish pedestrian safety regulations. The automobile hoods and bumpers, which pedestrians frequently run into during accidents, should be safely designed for pedestrians. Two analysis methods are utilized to design safe structures of the hood and the bumper. They are real experiment and computer simulation. In this research, a method is developed to simultaneously utilize the results from the experiment and the simulation. For design, orthogonal arrays are employed to combine the two methods. Based on this method, a hood and a bumper are designed to protect pedestrians.

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