Report on barrier models for frontal impact - Deliverable Report D713B
September 2006, Confidential Deliverable

An overview was requested from all available numerical models of deformable barriers used for frontal vehicle assessment. The following report summarizes activities of various partners contributions towards identifying the state of the art in frontal barrier models and reporting of simulation results in a range of configurations. A number of these barrier models are developed inside the APROSYS project whilst this report also summarizes the existing barrier models within the RADIOSS, MADYMO™, LS_DYNA and PAMCRASH Codes. Test data is reported from physical barrier tests in addition to improvements to barrier models.

The state of the art of deformable barriers highlighted show that models already have potential to simulate complex phenomena when barriers interact with other structures. Further testing work is perhaps needed to feed accurate real world properties into the models and to continually improve them.

For more information on the report, please contact the Sub-Project Leader.