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During the creation and conception of a new car model, safety engineers from automotive industry perform crash simulation, in order to evaluate the level of safety of a car and its occupants. During a car crash, the kinetic energy of the car, \(E = 1/2M.{v}^{2}\), that the vehicle has before impact, is transformed into deformation energy. Crash simulation indicates the capability of the material used for the design, to absorb this energy and protect the occupant. Most important results are the deceleration felt by the occupants, which must fall below threshold values fixed in legal car safety regulations [1]. To ensure driver safety during a car crash, and meet the regulations in order to get the official approval and homologation of a new car model for road services, car manufacturers need to perform crash tests. Race cars need also to meet requirements specified by the FIA, “Federation Internationale de l”Automobile[2]. Safety regulations require several physical crash...
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Souli, M., Prince, T., Wang, J. (2011). Crash Simulation. In: Padua, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09766-4_187
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