60446 20190709135524.0 doi 10.1177/1687814016687963 sideral 97951 ART-2017-97951 eng (orcid)0000-0002-6046-4558 Valladares Hernando, David Universidad de Zaragoza Energy absorbing composite structure for frontal pedestrian protection in electric light vehicles 2017 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This article collects the development of a frontal composite structure for electric light vehicles (concretely within L7e European category), which has been required to fulfil energy absorption capabilities for pedestrian protection. An initial design made of a composite sandwich structure (glass fibre skins with polyvinyl chloride foam core) was proposed and a prototype was manufactured and tested against impact. Then, a numerical model was created and the impact test was simulated by the finite element method. After adjusting the numerical model to the real performance of the component, the initial material configuration of the sandwich composite was optimized according to design objectives involving safety, current regulations and repairability. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/266222/EU/Optimized Structural components and add-ons to improve passive safety in new Electric Light Trucks and Vans (ELTVs)/OPTIBODY info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 0.848 2017 THERMODYNAMICS 49 / 59 = 0.831 2017 Q4 T3 ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL 103 / 128 = 0.805 2017 Q4 T3 0.272 2017 Mechanical Engineering 2017 Q3 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion (orcid)0000-0003-4440-830X Alba López, Juan José Universidad de Zaragoza Altubo, Ines 5004 530 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica Área Ingen.e Infraestr.Transp. 5004 545 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica Área Ingeniería Mecánica 9, 2 (2017), [18 pp.] Adv. Mech. Eng. Advances in Mechanical Engineering 1687-8132 5933834 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/60446/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 97896 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/60446/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:60446 articulos driver 2019-07-09-11:59:08 ARTICLE