Comfort and structural (FEA) analysis on light weighted car seat design optimized with EPP material

İbrahim Bahadır Çelik; Bahadır Atmaca; Ergün Nart

Makale detayları

Comfort and structural (FEA) analysis on light weighted car seat design optimized with EPP material

Yazarlar:

İbrahim Bahadır Çelik | Bahadır Atmaca | Ergün Nart

Yayıncı:

The association of science, education and technology

Dergi:

TOJSAT 2015 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.8-17

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2016

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000835889

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

pISSN:

2146-7390

Özet:

 

In this paper, comfort and strength performance of conventional and lightweight seat design which is developed by using EPP (expanded poly propylene) material is investigated by using FEA (finite elements analysis) method. The main goal is to contribute to reducing CO2 emissions on passenger cars by providing weight reduction on car seats. To accomplish that, a special designed part made of EPP material, which has lower density and higher strength performance in compliance with PU (Polyurethane), is embedded in original car seats made of PU material, and the resulting composite material reinforces the structure and gives the similar performance compared to PU design, and in the meantime supporting metal frame’s weight inside car seats is also reduced. In parallel with design optimization, a comparative analysis of strength and comfort performances between conventional seat design and lightweight seat design is studied correspondingly. Highly nonlinear contact analyses are performed with the dummy named “Manikin” (human model) to analyze comfort performance by looking at the pressure distribution on surface of seats. The results indicate that after design optimization by using new material technology, nearly same comfort and strength performance are achieved and weight of the car seats can be reduced remarkably.

Makale detayları

Comfort and structural (FEA) analysis on light weighted car seat design optimized with EPP material

Yazarlar: İbrahim Bahadır Çelik | Bahadır Atmaca | Ergün Nart

Yayıncı: The association of science, education and technology

Dergi: TOJSAT 2015 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.8-17

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2016

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000835889

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

pISSN: 2146-7390

Sayı

Yazarlar:

İbrahim Bahadır Çelik | Bahadır Atmaca | Ergün Nart

Yayıncı:

The association of science, education and technology

Dergi:

TOJSAT 2015 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.8-17

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2016

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000835889

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

pISSN:

2146-7390