Component : Lower Bumper Beam
- Lower bumper beam is designed as a hybrid solution
- Advanced deformable shoc absorber plastic parts and steel beam are integrated.
- 1,2kg weight reduction gained according to conventional steel solutions.
Techical details and lessons learned ;
- Deformability and energy absorbing capacity of the plastic component optimized with the frontal crash conditions.
- Impact energy absorbing capacity of the part is increased thanks to its honeycomb shape.
- The complete beam is positioned inner side of the outer bumper
- During the optimisation virtual analysis and free drop bench test are correlated with each other