An Investigation to Compare the Application of Shell and Solid Element Honeycomb Model in ODB

Cellbond and ARUP have launched their advanced crash barrier models in 2006 and since the time a continuous study has been carried out to distinguish costumer requirements and review feedbacks. Existing barrier models are constructed using the solid element configuration in honeycomb segments along with validated Modified_Honeycomb material cards. Due to a number of demands on using Shell based honeycomb model in crash barriers by car manufacturers, it was decided to investigate the application in detail using fullscale test data. This paper represents the methodology of creating the shellbased ODB and the comparison with existing solid based FE model. Frontal Offset tests are carried out by a large number of test houses worldwide, according to the European regulation and to FMVSS, as well as by EuroNCAP, Australian NCAP, JNCAP and IIHS. In the frontal offset test, only one side of a vehicles front end hits the deformable barrier, which means that a more concentrated area of the vehicles structure must sustain the impact of the crash rather than the whole width of the vehicle. The Cellbond ODB barrier has been investigated which consists of two different sized aluminium honeycomb blocks in main body and bumper partially covered in aluminium skins. Number of static compressive tests performed to specify honeycomb and adhesive material characters. Adhesive properties are obtained using Climbing Drum, TPeel, Tensile and Plate Shear test results. The barrier was subjected to four individual test conditions with different impactor and impact speeds.