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Publications in Scientific Journals:

B. Balta, H.A. Solak, O. Erk, M.N. Durakbasa:
"A response surface approach to heavy duty truck rear underrun protection device beam optimisation";
International Journal of Vehicle Design, 1 (2016), Volume 71, Issue 1; 3 - 30.



English abstract:
The objective of this paper is to optimise the rear underrun
protection device (RUPD) beam design for heavy duty trucks in the interest
of impact loading by using correlated finite element analysis. RUPD design is
ought to obey the safety regulative rules and shall successfully pass several test
conditions. The relation between the RUPD design parameters and the
ECE-R58 Regulative Forces is found via the response surface methodology
(RSM). Afterwards, the optimum design parameters are determined
using a design optimisation procedure. To validate the response surface
curve, further analysis is conducted based on arbitrary operating conditions
and the calculated and predicted values of ECE-R58 P1 load case forces
are compared. In conclusion, the predicted model looks reasonably accurate
based on the analysis of variance (ANOVA) method. Using the response
curve, one may estimate the degree of P1 load case forces for similar RUPD
beam designs using design conditions within the range suggested in the present
study.

Keywords:
rear underrun protection; finite element; RADIOSS; rear underrun protection device; RUPD; RUPD testing; ECE-R58; response surface methodology; RSM; design optimisation; analysis of variance; ANOVA

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