Side Impact - Requirements and Development Strategies
Course description
In addition to the protection in a frontal impact, the protection in a side impact has in recent years gained a fixed place in the development of vehicles. The introduction of the side impact airbag has given a decisive impulse in this development. Even though side bags have now become a standard in almost all new vehicles, further improvements in side impact protection can and must be achieved. In order to make this possible, it is necessary to get a much more profound understanding of the highly complex phenomena and modes of action in a side impact which goes far beyond the simple application of additional airbags. The seminar provides a comprehensive overview of today’s standard test procedures including country-specific variations, the legal regulations and the requirements of consumer protection. In addition, tools, measuring methods and criteria, and especially virtual methods such as crash and occupant simulation, as well as the analysis of the performance of the restraint systems will be discussed. Furthermore it will be explained how a target-oriented use of CAE-simulation and hardware tests can lead to optimal passenger values and how at the same time the requirements regarding costs, weight and time-to-market can be met. A part of the workshop with crash-data analysis finally deepens the understanding.
Who should attend
The seminar addresses development engineers who are new in the field of side crash, or who have already gained some experience in the field of safety, as well as developers of assemblies that have to fulfil a crash-relevant function. Furthermore it is especially interesting for project managers and managers, who deal with side impacts and who would like to gain a deeper understanding of this topic in order to use it for an improvement of procedures.
Course contents
- Challenges of side impacts
- Overview of current regulations and test procedures
- Side impact-relevant protection criteria. Legal tests (FMVSS 214, ECE R95,..). Other tests (NCAP, Euro NCAP, IIHS, car manufacturer-specific tests).
- Development methods and tools
- Crash and occupant simulation, range of application and limitations.
- Performance of restraint systems in side impact
- Analysis of the performance of protection and restraint systems in side impact. Discussion of the limitations, conflicts and problems.
- Development strategy for an optimal restraint system for side impact.
- Target-oriented use of CAE-simulation and hardware tests.
- Workshop with analysis of crash-data and discussion of the results
„The seminar Side Impact is convincing, thanks to lecturers with a very good relevance to practice, experience and knowledge about future requirements. The participants from different areas led to enriching discussions and offered the participant a new perspective on his or her work. All in all, well-organised by the carhs-team and recommendable.“
Bernd Westermann, Audi AG
Course Instructors
Christian Amann worked several years in the field of crash simulation for a system supplier for restraint systems. Since 1998 Mr. Amann has worked for BMW. After working on the development of side impact protection systems and in virtual testing he is now responsible for series production and quality management of the body-in-white.
Dr. Thomas Klisch has joined BMW’s team of Passive Safety after his doctorate in the field of multi-body systems. Since 2000 Dr. Klisch has been leading the development team for side impact systems.
| Side Impact - Requirements and Development Strategies | |
| Instructor(s) | Dipl.-Ing. Christian Amann, Dr. Thomas Klisch, BMW AG |
| Date | on Saturday, 23 Jan 2010, 9:00 am |
| Duration | 2 days |
| Location | TrainingCenter Alzenau |
| Fee | €1190 till 26.05.2010, thereafter € 1290 |
| Code | 1385 |
| Category | Passive Safety: Requirements and Strategies |
| Language |
 English |
Note: Information above subject to change.