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The Effect of Bonnet Reinforcement Structure on Pedestrian Head Injuries in Collisions

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Pedestrian headform impactor on the bonnet top to assess the level of pedestrian head injury in a collision is one of the mandatory tests for all vehicles sold in the European Union market. Therefore, many automakers research how to design a bonnet reinforcement structure for pedestrian head protection when developing a new model of vehicle. Each automaker has their own designs and the reality shows that the different models of vehicles have different structures of bonnet reinforcement. Several structural models of the pedestrian-friendly bonnet reinforcement have been introduced by automakers, but the basis or design rules have never been published. Previous studies have focused on stiffness as it is believed that bonnet stiffness is the main cause of head injuries in collisions. This study was carried out with the aim of exploring how the structural properties of bonnet reinforcement affect on head injury in collision beside the factor of bonnet stiffness. The results of this study will contribute to the basis as well as the principles for the design of a bonnet reinforcement structure for pedestrian head safety.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Phenikaa University, Hanoi, 12116, Vietnam

    Van-Luc Ngo & Van-Tuan Nguyen

  2. A&A Green Phoenix Group JSC, Phenikaa Research and Technology Institute (PRATI), No. 167 Hoang Ngan, Trung Hoa, Cau Giay, Hanoi, 11313, Vietnam

    Van-Luc Ngo & Van-Tuan Nguyen

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  1. Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Thai Nguyen University of Technology, Thai Nguyen, Vietnam

    Duy Cuong Nguyen

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Thai Nguyen University of Technology, Thai Nguyen, Vietnam

    Ngoc Pi Vu

  3. Vietnam Association for Science Editing, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Banh Tien Long

  4. Institute for Automation and Systems Engineering, Ilmenau University of Technology (IUT), Ilmenau, Germany

    Horst Puta

  5. Department of Computer Science and Automation, Ilmenau University of Technology (IUT), Ilmenau, Germany

    Kai-Uwe Sattler

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Ngo, VL., Nguyen, VT. (2022). The Effect of Bonnet Reinforcement Structure on Pedestrian Head Injuries in Collisions. In: Nguyen, D.C., Vu, N.P., Long, B.T., Puta, H., Sattler, KU. (eds) Advances in Engineering Research and Application. ICERA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 366. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92574-1_93

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