Introducing Arup-Cellbond MDPB Shell Model

This Mobile Offset Progressive Deformable Barrier (MPDB) for frontal impact model has been developed to take advantage of the latest developments in the LS-DYNA® code and is designed to provide robust and efficient analysis. In this paper, some details of the calibration and validation process will firstly be presented, which not only satisfies performance requirements set by regulations (Euro NCAP 2020 Dynamic Tubular Impactor test) but also goes beyond through rigorous calibration against other physical tests (Vertical/Rounded Impactor Test, Quarter Wall test etc). Arup and Cellbond worked closely with Jaguar Land Rover in the UK for the development of this barrier model through ensuring correlation to full speed, real vehicle tests. Finally, methods of how to automate post-processing of results (including the calculation of Euro NCAP compatibility modifier) using the Oasys Software will be demonstrated.