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Optimal Design of Automotive Seat Back Frame Using Finite Element Analysis

유한요소해석을 이용한 차량용 시트 백 프레임의 최적설계

  • 신현호 (전북대학교 기계설계공학과) ;
  • 강희용 (전북대학교 기계설계공학부) ;
  • 양성모 (전북대학교 기계시스템공학부)
  • Received : 2019.10.21
  • Accepted : 2019.11.09
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

The seat back frame of the vehicle is subjected to load on the passenger behavior. Because of steel material, it is necessary to optimize the frame considering lightweight and safety. In this paper, finite element analysis is used for the optimal design of the seat back frame. First, a lightweight material is applied to reduce the weight of the seat back frame. Secondly, the design position of the pipe part fastened in the seat back frame was selected by considering the strength against the load generated by the occupant. Third, the shape of the side frame was derived by performing the phase optimization analysis for the AFT load condition. And we have compared the initial model with the optimal model to verify the light weighting and safety. As a result, the optimal design model of the seat back frame satisfying the weight reduction and safety has been proposed.

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