The influence of a vehicle dynamics control system on the occupant’s dynamic response during a vehicle collision

Elkady, Mustafa, Elmarakbi, Ahmed and MacIntyre, John (2012) The influence of a vehicle dynamics control system on the occupant’s dynamic response during a vehicle collision. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 226 (11). pp. 1454-1471. ISSN 0954-4070

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Abstract

This paper aims to apply a vehicle dynamics control system to mitigate a vehicle collision and to study the effects of this systems on the kinematic behaviour of the vehicle's occupant. A unique three-degree-of-freedom vehicle dynamics-crash mathematical model and a simplified lumped-mass occupant model are developed. The first model is used to define the vehicle body's crash parameters and it integrates a vehicle dynamics model with a model of the vehicle's front-end structure. In this model, the anti-lock braking system and the active suspension control system are co-simulated, and the associated equations of motion are developed. The second model aims to predict the effect of the vehicle dynamics control system on the kinematics of the occupant. The Lagrange equations are used to solve that model owing to the complexity of the obtained equations of motion. It is shown from the numerical simulations that the vehicle dynamics-crash response and occupant behaviour can be captured and analysed quickly and accurately. Furthermore, it is shown that the vehicle dynamics control system can affect the crash characteristics positively and that the occupant's behaviour is improved.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Active safety, collision mitigation, vehicle dynamics, vehicle control, mathematical modelling, numerical simulations, occupant kinematics
Subjects:	H300 Mechanical Engineering
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Depositing User:	Paul Burns
Date Deposited:	20 Dec 2018 14:51
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2019 15:01
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/37396

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