Clever Three Wheeler Vehicle - 1482838722189 - 1483002318900
Clever Three Wheeler Vehicle - 1482838722189 - 1483002318900
Clever Three Wheeler Vehicle - 1482838722189 - 1483002318900
In general, the reporting period was from July 1999 to April 2004 for
GIDAS and GFAS. The NASS data analysis describes the statistic
period from1996 to 2002. Additionally, for the period of time between
1985 and 1995, data of 1029 motorcycle accidents and89 scooter
accidents are available.
Because of the special design, the same accident situation as for scooters
and motorcycles can be assumed for CLEVER. The driving performance
and the application areas, which are mostly cities, is mostly similar with
scooters and motorcycles. Because of the fact that for CLEVER a
restraint system will be used, which is comparable with state-of-the-art
restraint systems for cars, the occupant kinematics during accidents
and the injured body regions could be more similar to car accidents than
to scooter or motorcycle accidents. That iswhy, different accident data
(for cars, motorcyclesandscooters)wereanalysed.
cyclesandscooters.
thecollisionsoftwo
Themain
impactdirectionsformotorcyclesand
scootersarethefrontal
directions(figure4), followed by side impact and overturn. Similar
impactdirectionscanbe
becauseofsimilarvehiclewidth.
Accident analysisforthedriver
assumed
The
followingfigure
shows
the
body
whichareaffectedinaccidentswitha twowheel vehicle.
of
persons
forCLEVER
regions,
involvedintwo-
TheconceptoftheBMW
C1,atwo-wheelvehicle
equippedwithseatbelts,load
limiterand
energy
absorbing
elements,ispartly
similartotheCEVER
concept.In
severalEUmemberstates,itisallowed todrive theC1 withoutwearing
ahelmet.
ThemainresultsofaccidentanalysisbyBMW
are
illustratedwithtwo
examples,whichdescribethe realworldaccidentperformanceoftheC1.
These
figuresshowthat
the
most
affected
body
regionswithAIS3+injuriesarethehead
andthorax
ofpassengers.
ThisappliestoEuropeaswellasto theUS.
Otherresultsoftheinvestigationforpassengersare
that
theoccupantpositionis
quiteregular.The
closing
speedfortheseaccidentsisbetween20kph and 60 kph.
Thereasonsfortheaccidents
weremostlyDWI
(drivingwhileintoxicated)andspeed.About50%
ofthe accidentsoccur withoutinvolvingother road users.
Resultoftheaccident investigation
As result of
this accident
investigation,
thefollowing
scenariosmustbeinthecentreoffrontal restraintsystemdevelopment.
Maincollisionopponents
willbeconventionalcars.
Themain
impacttypewill befrontal impact. Anotherimportantaccidenttypeis
singlecollision byhittinganobject.
Astotheinjuriesregardingbody regions,the frequencyofhead,thoraxand
pelvisinjuriescanbe reduced significantly by use of conventional
restraint systems.
Theopen passengercompartmentoftheBMW C1 does
notgiveenoughprotectionfortheupperand lowerextremitiesof
CLEVERSAFETY REQUIREMENTS
the
values
for
the
HPCcriterionhavetobelowerthan1000
Lateralfalltestswithoutheadcontactto
the
roadsurfaceandroof
indentationtests (FMVSS216)havetobefulfilled.
On
thebasis
ofthis directive, the exemption to wearahelmet
appliestootherEuropeancountries. [2]
AdditionalsafetyrequirementsforCLEVER
However, tomeet therequirementsforaccepting CLEVERfortheACEA
CO2-Agreement[5],the vehicleshould demonstratepassiveand active
safety appropriatedtoitsintenttouse. Tobeable toassess these
requirements,theCLEVER
consortiumdefinedatestprocedure
called
CLEVER-CAP.Thisprocedureshould
allow
comparing
thepassivesafety
levelofCLEVERto
conventionalcars.
Therefore,itisreasonabletouse similarornearly similartestproceduresasin
consumerratingprogrammes.
ThemostimportantconsumertestforEuropeisthe EuroNCAP,
whiletheUS-NCAP is thestate-of- theartconsumertestfortheUnitedStates. CLEVER is mainly
designed to cope with
Europeanrequirements.Therefore,theEuroNCAP
testprocedureshouldbefavoured.
However, duespecial design properties of CLEVER,itdoesnotseem
toberealistictofollow thetestprocedurecompletely.
FrontalImpact
EuroNCAPdefineda40%-offsetcrash
configurationagainstadeformablebarrierfor
the
frontal
impacttest.Becauseoftheshapeand
widthofthe
CLEVERvehicle,anoffsetcrashseemsnottobe
a
suitabletestto
simulatereal-worldaccidents.Data analysis revealedthat frontal impacts
were
the maintypeofimpactsformotorcycles.Inaddition, it isnearly
impossible to conduct a 40%-offset crash with CLEVER, because 40%
of
thefront
structurewidthisabout100
mmandthevehicle
widthisincreasingfrom
fronttorear.Vehicle
motionsfollowingacrashwouldnot takeplacein a reproduciblemanner.
Asaresultof
theseconditions,
acrashtestconfigurationwithimpactingarigidwallwithoutan offset barrierisusableand should
givea realisticoutput concerningtotheanticipatedaccidentsituation.
Forfrontalimpact,the testconfigurationoftheUSNCAPisuseful.Thismeansafrontalimpactwith
56
kphagainsttherigidwall.Forcomparingthe
CLEVERsafety
levelwiththesafetylevelof
European
conventionalcars,
theEuroNCAPStar- ratingisused.
Inaddition,chestacceleration willbemeasured. This allowsaverificationof
thetestresults according to the US-NCAP rating. It seems possible
tomeetUS-NCAPratingwithoutmajor problems.
the
EuroNCAP
is
the
Therefore,this
Roll-over
ForCLEVER,theimpactafteranoverturnis likely themostrealisticscenario
fortheroll-overimpact.
Thesafetycellwillbetestedbyastaticstructure
testprocedure.
Thesafetycellshould resistastatic forceimpactofabout22,2kN.
PedestrianSafety
Thepedestrian safetylevelof theCLEVERvehicle willbecheckedby
numericalsimulation. Frontal impacttopedestrianswithavelocityof40
kphwill
besimulated.
Theassessmentofcriteriawill
comprise
themechanicalloadstohead,neck,and legs.
Fig 12:CLEVERfrontframestructure.
Basedonfiniteelementsimulationsthe above describedmeasureslead to
thepulseshowninthe followingfigure
The
orderof
magnitude
of
these
agreeswiththedocumentedtestresultsof micro- cars.
A pictureoftheexpecteddeformationisshownin figure14.
accelerations
deformation
inEuroNCAPlateralimpact.
the
vehicleallows
the
Fig 17 ;Moredetailedsimulationmodel.
In
thenextdevelopmentstep,a
final
modelwas
built.
Thismodelincludedalldefinedgeometries,
shapes,
materialcharacteristicsandwellknown, validatedcomponents.
This final simulationmodelwasconsequentlybuilt withmulti-body
parts(dummy,steeringwheel)and finiteelementparts(seat,airbag,andbelt).
The completeresults for the driver and passenger willbeshownbelow.
Becauseoftheimprecisionof
thesimulationmodel,itis
nearlyimpossible(atthe
moment)togeneraterealisticresultsfor the lower extremities.For example,
thedesign of theknee contactareaofthedashboard and the footrest(with
themountedpedals)isnotyetfinished. Itshould be keptin mind that
thiscould
influencetheoverall
performance
ratingcompared
withthecurrently existingresultsbasedonnumericalsimulations.
Thelimits,definedby
theCLEVER-CAPforthe
frontalimpact,werepartiallybelow target.In comparison tothe US-NCAP,
a three-starrating couldbepossible.
These
resultscomefromacomparisonofdifferent
components
for
thedriverrestraintsystem by numerical simulation. The mosteffective
system
consistsofadeformablesteering column,adriver
airbagwithtwochambers,apretensioner,anda dual
stageloadlimiter.Thesystem isshowninthe figure19.
Theairbagsystemisconsisting
of
a
dual-stage
inflatorincombinationwitha60l two-chamber airbag.Therearetwoventing
holeswithadiameter ofabout 30mm each. Thisprovidesexcellent
performance forhead protection in combination withlowerimpactforceto
thesternum. The positioningof theairbagwillbebetter than witha
conventional onechamberairbag.
In thecase of a restraint system without driver
airbag,thehead
ofthedriverwould
touchthe
steeringwheel.Highvaluesforhead
acceleration
andtheHIC
wouldfollow.Toavoid
theseeffects,
thedecisiontouseadriverairbagwastaken.
Thebeltsystem
isfittedwitharetractormounted
pretensioner.Adualstageloadlimiterwill beused. Theloadlimiterwillswitchafteradefinedtime
fromstage1tostage2.Theshoulderbeltforcewill
notexceedamaximumforceofabout4,5kNfor stage1and2,5kNforstage2.
For
checkingthe
seatcharacteristicfor
the
casethat
the
seatbeltsystemismountedon
the
seat,a
static
forceloadofabout2kNwasdirected onthe connectionpointsattheseatrest.
The resultsof the numerical simulationshowed
that the
seat
collapsedand,in
result,theprotectionof
the
occupantscouldnotbeguaranteed.
Thecalculation
wasmadetwice,atfirstwithasteelseat witha thicknessof5mm,secondby
asteelseatwitha thicknessofabout10mm.
Pleaseremind,therealvalueofthebeltforcesat
theshoulderarefrom2,5kNupto5kN.
PassengerRestraintSystem
Forthepassengerside,therequirementscouldnot be metfor a system with
stiff seat rest. The decisionwastodesignadeformableseat rest. The
thicknessand
thematerialcharacteristicswere
definedbasedon
validationtests.
Thepassengerrestraintsystembasicallyconsistsof
aseatbeltsystem.In
addition,aheadprotection bolsterisintegrated.Thefrontseatisdesignedwith
adeformableheadrest.After thepassengershead hitsthehead restofthe
frontseat,energywill be absorbed by thedeformationof thebolsterandby
thedeformationoftheheadrest,too.
Thebest
performance-lowesthead
impactor
accelerationby
acceptabledeformationoftheback restandarealisablethicknessof thebolster
will
foundwiththedescribedtestprocedureandbeused
fortheCLEVERvehicle.
The seatbelt system is similar to the seat belt systemfor the driver.
Thetime,whentheload limiterswitchesfrom level1 tolevel2, isdifferent.
CONCLUSIONS
CLEVERisanalternativevehicleconcept,which
ischaracterisedby
innovativesolutionssuch
asits
fuelconcept,thepropulsion
system,orthesafety concept.
Thesafety conceptisspeciallydesignedforreal worldaccidentscenarios.
Theadvantagesand disadvantagesofconventionalprotection systems for
twowheeledand three-wheeledvehiclescould beidentified.
Withthesupportofnumericalsimulation,theentire
restraintsystemcouldbeoptimised.The
exact
application
ofdifferentcomponentswasdone.
Theperformancehastobeverified by real crash tests.
To improvethe safety level of two-wheel and three-wheel vehicles,
occupants
should be preventedfromejectionduringanaccident.This
willberealisedbyusingaseat belt system.
Itispossibletodevelopasmall
three-wheelvehicle
withanoccupantsafetylevelcomparable with conventional cars. The
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