Abstract
Abstract: In order to make more safety cars is very important to predict the impact behavior of the body structure. FE method allows making deformable models of the body structure, models very useful to study the impact behavior. For good results is important to consider nonlinear materials for the body structure. The paper presents some results concerning the frontal crash between a pendulum and a corner pillar of a cab simulation. The analytical model of the truck presented in this paper includes its main subassemblies and the mounting systems that connect them.
Keywords: truck, cab, safety, impact, model, finite element.