复合材料发动机罩的行人头部保护研究

为研究聚丙烯复合材料发动机罩的行人保护性能,应用ANSA软件建立发动机罩和行人头部冲击器的有限元模型;参照欧盟EC 78/2009行人保护法规要求,选取碰撞危险点;应用LS-DYNA有限元分析软件研究相同结构下聚丙烯复合材料发动机罩和钢制发动机罩的行人保护能力以及静态刚度,比较不同配比材料发动机罩的吸能特性和头部碰撞损伤的相关加速度值,并针对铰链处进行结构优化设计。研究表明:所设计的新的聚丙烯复合材料发动机罩在保证刚度的条件下,有明显减重效果,并在头部碰撞区域对行人头部有较好保护效果。     

铝质发动机罩的行人碰撞保护研究

应用HyperMesh建立发动机罩和行人头部的有限元模型,利用LS-DYNA有限元分析软件研究人的头部与钢质、铝质发动机罩相撞时的动态响应问题,并经试验验证。对头模撞击铝质发动机罩与钢质发动机罩作了比较,得出铝质发动机罩对行人头部具有更好保护效果的结论。对铝质发动机罩内、外板的厚度进行改进设计,得到综合轻量化、刚度及安全性3方面的要求都比较好的设计方案。最后对铝质发动机罩的内板结构进行拓扑优化设计,得到了在保证刚度的前提下减重效果最好、具有优异的行人碰撞保护性能的铝质发动机罩结构。     

人车碰撞中行人大腿保护研究

研究提高人车碰撞中行人大腿的保护性能的方法。首先对大腿伤害机理,伤害评价指标以及车辆自身结构进行阐述和研究,总结车辆前端结构的关键参数;对某车型的前大灯进行结构改进,按照欧洲新车安全评鉴协会(Euro NCAP)行人大腿保护的试验评价方法,改进后进行碰撞试验;建立装有发动机罩安全气囊的整车仿真模型,验证安全气囊对行人大腿的保护性能。经过试验和仿真可以得出:车辆前大灯结构刚度改进和发动机罩安全气囊可以改善行人大腿的保护性能。     

行人与轿车正碰后卷绕型运动形态仿真研究*

为研究行人与轿车正碰后卷绕型运动形态规律以及行人损伤情况,基于PC Crash和MADYMO软件进行仿真分析。分析不同发动机罩倾斜程度对行人抛距的影响,以及不同车速、行人走向、前挡风玻璃倾角对行人头部、胸腔的损伤影响,最后通过CIDAS数据库中的3起真实案例进行验证。结果表明:分段抛距公式不仅能反映行人抛距变化趋势,而且在2个分段范围内均能较好地拟合实际抛距,平均误差为4.23%,实际案例验证的结果误差在5%以内,证明实验方法的准确性。     

ISO发布新的行人碰撞试验方法标准

国际标准化组织(ISO)最近发布的一项新的国际标准——ISO11096:2011《道路车辆-行人防护-对行人大腿、腿和膝盖碰撞试验方法》,定义了新的碰撞试验方法,这将降低由于危险的汽车设计而引起的大量的行人腿所受到的伤害。     

汽车内饰材料燃烧特性的评价方法及试验分析

燃烧行性是汽车内饰材料的重要特性指标之一,该文对目前我国有关汽车内饰材料燃烧特性评价方法的强制性国家标准以及欧洲法规规定的评价方法进行了全面的介绍和对比分析,文中还结合我国汽车内饰材料的评价试验结果评价试验方法所存在的问题进行了分析,提出了一些新的评价指标的建议。     

我国道路交通事故特征及致因分析

为研究我国道路交通事故特征及致因机理，选取2015—2019年109万起道路交通事故数据，分析成因、形态、时间、肇事人、肇事机动车、伤亡人员6个方面特征规律。确定道路交通事故致因因素，采用决策试验与评价实验室(Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory, DEMATEL)法分析复杂系统关联性，构建道路交通事故致因因素递阶层次结构图，从理论上探究致因机理并得出本质致因因素。我国道路交通事故特征包括：86.29%的事故由机动车违法导致，主因是未按规定让行，违法装载是高危因素，超速行驶事故多且危害大；70.21%的事故是多车事故，侧面碰撞是主要事故形态，坠车和翻滚是高危事故形态；17:00—19:59是事故多发时段；生产经营车辆引发的事故危害大；行人更易受到致命伤害，男性因事故伤亡的概率高于女性；77.38%的事故致命原因为颅脑损伤；3.63%的肇事机动车存在机械故障。致因机理分析结果表明，超速行驶、超载运输、技术不足或标准法规滞后是致因机理中的本质因素，可作为改善事故风险的关键点。     

基于动态贝叶斯网络的民航空中停车事件安全风险评估

为探究组织和人的因素对发动机空中停车事件的影响及其演化情况,评估航空公司空停事件的风险水平,基于动态贝叶斯网络(DBN),构建一种适用于民航空停的风险评估模型。首先,运用主动与被动相结合的方式,识别影响发动机发生空停事件的组织和人的因素;其次,利用毕达哥拉斯模糊和决策试验与评估实验室(DEMATEL)方法,探究各个风险因素之间的因果关系;然后,基于得到的风险因素因果关系构建民航空停DBN,依据统计分析和专家经验确定民航空停的DBN参数,通过GeNle概率推理,进一步得出空停事件发生的概率;最后,以S航空公司的CFM56-5B发动机为例,评估民航空停事件安全风险。结果表明：2020—2021年,S航空公司的CFM56-5B发动机发生空停事件的概率分别为1.260×10^-6、1.352×10^-6;导致民航空停事件安全风险变化的主要原因是资源投入减少导致教育培训效果降低进而影响作风意识和合作沟通。     

环球资讯

正欧盟加强生殖毒性物质管理法规完善2018年10月18日,欧盟化学工业和贸易联盟就保护欧盟各成员国企业员工免受作业场所生殖毒性物质接触风险框架达成一致意见,并根据欧洲工会联合会(ETUC)、欧洲工业联盟、欧洲化学品雇主组织(ECEG)和欧洲化学工业委员会(Cefic)的建议,对欧盟《化学试剂指令》和《工作致癌物质或诱变物质指令》中的相关规定作进一步修改完善。(吴大明译)     

化工安全屏障研究进展综述

安全屏障是指为了预防或控制事故的发生而采取的手段,它可以对化工生产的各个阶段进行层层控制与全面保护.本文对安全屏障的起源、发展、定义、功能、分类、绩效评估以及在我国的应用做了详细的研究.研究表明,安全屏障的起源与能量等3种模型相关,安全屏障的发展与LOPA和ARAMIS相关,安全屏障作为物理或非物理手段,它的绩效评估由...     

A study on chest injury mechanism and the effectiveness of a headform impact test for pedestrian chest protection from vehicle collisions

This study was aimed at investigating the injury mechanism of pedestrian chests in collisions with passenger vehicles of various frontal shapes and examining the influence of the local structural stiffness on the chest injury risk by using the headform impact test at the chest contact area of the vehicle. Three simulations of vehicle to pedestrian collisions were conducted using three validated pedestrian finite element (FE) models of three pedestrian heights of 177 (AM50th), 165 and 150 cm and three FE vehicles models representing a one-box vehicle, a minicar and a medium car. The validity of the vehicle models was evaluated by comparing the headform acceleration against the measured responses from headform impact tests. The chest impact kinematics and the injury mechanisms were analyzed in terms of the distribution of the von Mises stress of the ribcage and in terms of the chest deflections. The chest contact locations on the front panel and the bonnet top were identified in connection to the causation of rib fractures. The risk of rib fractures was predicted by using the von Mises stress distribution. The headform impact tests were carried out at the chest contact area on the front panel and bonnet to examine the safety performance with respect to pedestrian chest protection. In simulations of the one-box vehicle to pedestrian collisions, the chest was struck directly by the frontal structure at a high velocity and deformed substantially, since a shear force was generated by the stiff windshield frame. The acceleration of the headform was related to the rib deflections. The injury threshold of the ribcage deflection (42 mm) corresponded to the headform average acceleration of 68 G. In the minicar collision, the chest was struck with the bonnet top and cowl area at a low velocity, and the deformation was small due to the distributed contact force between the chest and the bonnet top. Besides, the ribcage deformation was too small for bridging a relation between the headform accelerations and rib deflections. In the medium car collision, the deformation mode of the chest was similar to that in the minicar collision. The chest collided with the bonnet top at a low velocity and deformed uniformly. The deflection of the ribs had an observable correlation with the headform accelerations measured in the headform impact tests. The frontal shape of a vehicle has a large influence on a pedestrian’s chest loadings, and the chest deformation depends on the size of the pedestrian and the stiffness of the vehicle. The one-box passenger vehicle causes a high chest injury risk. The headform impactor test can be utilized for the evaluation of the local stiffness of a vehicle’s frontal structure. The reduction of the headform acceleration is an effective measure for pedestrian chest protection for specific shapes of vehicles by efficacy in modifying the local structural stiffness.     

Evaluation of pedestrian subsystem test method using legform and upper legform impactors for assessment of high-bumper vehicle aggressiveness

In accidents involving sports utility vehicles (SUVs), injuries to pedestrian leg, knee ligaments, and femur are likely to occur. Therefore, the European Enhanced Vehicle Safety Committee proposed two subsystem test methods for evaluation of SUV bumper aggressiveness. Such evaluation can be conducted by means of either a legform impactor (evaluation of risk of knee and tibia injury), or an upper legform impactor (evaluation of risk of thigh and pelvis injury) test. Each of these two test methods has its own injury criteria and injury acceptance levels. Therefore, the first objective of this research is to clarify any differences between the test results obtained when evaluating SUV bumper aggressiveness by means of these two impactors. The second objective is to determine whether or not a legform impactor can be applied to estimate the risk of femur fracture, and if an upper legform impactor can be used to estimate the risk of knee ligament injury. The present results indicate the test method using an upper legform impactor yields higher ratios of injury criteria to the relevant EEVC/WG17 injury acceptance levels than by using a legform impactor. Thus, the upper legform impactor test rates an SUV bumper as more aggressive than the legform impactor test. The present study suggests the lower leg acceleration obtained by the legform impactor can be used to adequately assess the risk of femur fracture, when evaluating the aggressiveness of an SUV bumper using proposed injury acceptance levels reported in the literature. Similarly, the impact force obtained by the upper legform impactor can be used to assess the risk of cruciate ligament injury.     

Investigation on the effect of impact location height on pedestrian safety using a legform impactor dynamic model

Because of rapid increase in the urban population and hence road traffic, the vehicle–pedestrian crashes are more frequent and have become a major concern in road traffic safety. Though the bumper of a vehicle plays an important role to protect the vehicle body damage in low speed impacts, many bumpers particularly in larger vehicles are too stiff for pedestrian protection and safety. To prevent lower extremity injuries in car–pedestrian collisions, it is important to determine the loadings that car front structures impart on the lower extremities and the mechanisms by which injuries are caused. In the present work, a dynamic legform impactor model is introduced and validated against EEVC/WG17 criteria. The collision mechanism between a GMT bumper and the legform impactor model is investigated numerically using LS-DYNA software. The effect of the height of the impact point of bumper assembly to lower extremity injuries is also investigated. In this paper, it is shown that changing the local stiffness of bumper assembly due to the change in the height of the bumper and distribution of stiffness from upper parts of the bumper assembly to lower parts are the most important parameters in the pedestrian’s leg injuries. As lower extremity injuries are related to the lower bumper height, developing special legform impactors for different countries with different average person height seems essential in investigating the effect of people’s height on lower extremity injuries.     

Comparison of steel,aluminum and composite bonnet in terms of pedestrian head impact

Material selection for automotive closures is influenced by different factors such as cost, weight and structural performance. Among closures, the automotive bonnet must fulfill the requirements of pedestrian safety which is evaluated by child and adult headform impactors. The mechanisms of injury are complex, therefore; the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) which shows a measure of the likelihood of head injury arising from an impact is developed. HIC includes the effects of head acceleration and the duration of the acceleration.In this paper a new finite element model has been developed which is capable to simulate head impact phenomenon between headform impactors and composite bonnet. Then the behavior of three identical bonnets made of steel, aluminum and composite have been investigated by the developed model. It is shown that the energy absorption of aluminum bonnet is smaller than steel and composite ones and for keeping the aluminum bonnet at the same level of stiffness, it is necessary to increase the thickness. Therefore, the aluminum bonnet needs a larger space between the bonnet and the parts in the engine compartment. It is shown that although the displacement of headform for composite bonnet is more than that of steel and aluminum ones, but the amount of HIC’s, which are measured at the collision points are much less than those measured at the same collision points for steel and aluminum bonnets.In addition the comparison of three bonnets of the different materials has been done to highlight cost, weight, and structural performance issues.     

Analysis of the influence of passenger vehicles front-end design on pedestrian lower extremity injuries by means of the LLMS model

Objective: This work aims at investigating the influence of some front-end design parameters of a passenger vehicle on the behavior and damage occurring in the human lower limbs when impacted in an accident.

Methods: The analysis is carried out by means of finite element analysis using a generic car model for the vehicle and the lower limbs model for safety (LLMS) for the purpose of pedestrian safety. Considering the pedestrian standardized impact procedure (as in the 2003/12/EC Directive), a parametric analysis, through a design of experiments plan, was performed. Various material properties, bumper thickness, position of the higher and lower bumper beams, and position of pedestrian, were made variable in order to identify how they influence the injury occurrence. The injury prediction was evaluated from the knee lateral flexion, ligament elongation, and state of stress in the bone structure.

Results: The results highlighted that the offset between the higher and lower bumper beams is the most influential parameter affecting the knee ligament response. The influence is smaller or absent considering the other responses and the other considered parameters. The stiffness characteristics of the bumper are, instead, more notable on the tibia. Even if an optimal value of the variables could not be identified trends were detected, with the potential of indicating strategies for improvement.

Conclusions: The behavior of a vehicle front end in the impact against a pedestrian can be improved optimizing its design. The work indicates potential strategies for improvement. In this work, each parameter was changed independently one at a time; in future works, the interaction between the design parameters could be also investigated. Moreover, a similar parametric analysis can be carried out using a standard mechanical legform model in order to understand potential diversities or correlations between standard tools and human models.     

New biofidelic corridor and biofidelity test procedure for pedestrian legform impactors

The objectives of this research are to propose a new impact response corridor for the ISO legform impactor and to determine the biofidelity of the current legform impactor with rigid leg and thigh developed by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). The latest data obtained from Post Mortem Human Subject (PMHS) knee impact tests were analyzed in connection with the proposal, and biofidelity legform impact tests were conducted using the current rigid legform impactor. New normalized biofidelic corridors of impact force corresponding to adult male 50th percentile (AM50) are proposed. The impact test results indicate the current rigid legform impactor does not have sufficient human knee biofidelity. The present results suggest that human tolerance can not be used directly for the injury reference value of the legform impactor. A conversion method is needed to interpret the data measured by current legform impactors as the injury reference value.     

Protection performance of bicycle helmets

IntroductionThe evaluation of head protection systems needs proper knowledge of the head impact conditions in terms of impact speed and angle, as well as a realistic estimation of brain tolerance limits. In current bicycle helmet test procedures, both of these aspects should be improved. Method: The present paper suggests a bicycle helmet evaluation methodology based on realistic impact conditions and consideration of tissue level brain injury risk, in addition to well known headform kinematic parameters. The method is then applied to a set of 32 existing helmets, leading to a total of 576 experimental impact tests followed by 576 numerical simulations of the brain response. Results: It is shown that the most critical impacts are the linear-lateral ones as well as the oblique impact leading to rotation around the vertical axis (ZRot), leading both to around 50% risks of moderate neurological injuries. Based on this test method, the study enables us to compare the protection capability of a given helmet and eventually to compare helmets via a dedicated rating system.     

Impact of improving vehicle front design on the burden of pedestrian injuries in Germany,the United States,and India

Objective: European car design regulations and New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) ratings have led to reductions in pedestrian injuries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of improving vehicle front design on mortality and morbidity due to pedestrian injuries in a European country (Germany) and 2 countries (the United States and India) that do not have pedestrian-focused NCAP testing or design regulations.

Methods: We used data from the International Road Traffic and Accident Database and the Global Burden of Disease project to estimate baseline pedestrian deaths and nonfatal injuries in each country in 2013. The effect of improved passenger car star ratings on probability of pedestrian injury was based on recent evaluations of pedestrian crash data from Germany. The effect of improved heavy motor vehicle (HMV) front end design on pedestrian injuries was based on estimates reported by simulation studies. We used burden of disease methods to estimate population health loss by combining the burden of morbidity and mortality in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost.

Results: Extrapolating from evaluations in Germany suggests that improving front end design of cars can potentially reduce the burden of pedestrian injuries due to cars by up to 24% in the United States and 41% in India. In Germany, where cars comply with the United Nations regulation on pedestrian safety, additional improvements would have led to a 1% reduction. Similarly, improved HMV design would reduce DALYs lost by pedestrian victims hit by HMVs by 20% in each country. Overall, improved vehicle design would reduce DALYs lost to road traffic injuries (RTIs) by 0.8% in Germany, 4.1% in the United States, and 6.7% in India.

Conclusions: Recent evaluations show a strong correlation between Euro NCAP pedestrian scores and real-life pedestrian injuries, suggesting that improved car front end design in Europe has led to substantial reductions in pedestrian injuries. Although the United States has fewer pedestrian crashes, it would nevertheless benefit substantially by adopting similar regulations and instituting pedestrian NCAP testing. The maximum benefit would be realized in low- and middle-income countries like India that have a high proportion of pedestrian crashes. Though crash avoidance technologies are being developed to protect pedestrians, supplemental protection through design regulations may significantly improve injury countermeasures for vulnerable road users.