F1 Crash Structure
Carbon fibre skin reinforced with aluminium honeycomb and then wholl hollow structure is filled with elaborate arangement of aluminium honeycomb.
F1 crash structure. Development of front end crash structure for lightweight hybrid electric vehicle abstract rooted in the 29 million low carbon vehicle technology project lcvtp coventry university has continued to conduct research into lightweight body in white biw design and lightweight crash structure development. I knew it held hidden secrets from construction to internal layout to wall thicknesses to hard point mounting methods and so on. Crash analysis has been performed for several years at bombardier transportation former adtranz kalmar sweden. This rear crash structure is from the late 1990s.
This not only has significant aerodynamic advantages it means ferrari have managed to increase the distance between sidepod and axle without having to take the mercedes route of lengthening the cars wheelbase to achieve it. This year the primary crash structures nose monocoque side impact spars and rear crash structure are all subtly changed in design. The crash structure tested was approximately 40 heavier than a similar carbon fibre design but as we know only too well f1 is all about progress. Proceeding one step further the current study is focused on optimization of a front structure during crash loading conditions.
The mesh was generated in hypermesh based on cad data. So while the starting point may not be so attractive who knows how far the weight could be cut back in the future. This i needed to know all about for future constructions. F1 rear crash structure analyzed.
F1 rear crash structure the internal construction of the rear crash structure had bothered me for a long time. Fia rear impact test impact structure is fitted on dummy gearbox cutout trough rear crash structure show complexity of the structure. 4 november 2013 unknown f1 0. The nosecone now needs a lower tip.
The drawing above shows how the fairing is attached over the crash structure. This component was analysed using czone for abaqus and demonstrates the ability to han dle composite impacts with curved. This is the first study within bombardier transportation in the area of crash optimization. The fe model for crash simulations of the f1 racing car front impact structure consists of the nose box nose tip wing pillar and wing.