This research work involves the examination of the front crash structure of a Formula Ford car used to protect the driver in the event of a frontal impact. At the moment every manufacturer has a different method of producing their crash structures. The choice of the material to use is increasingly often dictated by weight and aerodynamic needs as well as structural performance. Recently it is preferable to make such structures in composite materials, thanks to their undoubted advantages such as high strength to weight ratio, the high level of energy absorption and the possibility to reproduce each complex geometry.
Design Solutions to Improve CFRP Crash-Box Impact Efficiency for Racing Applications
BORIA, Simonetta
2013-01-01
Abstract
This research work involves the examination of the front crash structure of a Formula Ford car used to protect the driver in the event of a frontal impact. At the moment every manufacturer has a different method of producing their crash structures. The choice of the material to use is increasingly often dictated by weight and aerodynamic needs as well as structural performance. Recently it is preferable to make such structures in composite materials, thanks to their undoubted advantages such as high strength to weight ratio, the high level of energy absorption and the possibility to reproduce each complex geometry.File in questo prodotto:
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