A finite element analysis of high-energy absorption cellular materials in enhancing passive safety of road vehicles in side-impact accidents

In an effort to increase road vehicles’ structural strength, cellular materials, such as foam, have been utilised and installed in vital parts of the vehicle. The limited structural crush zones in side-impact collisions, when compared to frontal impacts, have shown to cause higher deformation to the passenger compartments that will lead to severe injury to the vehicle occupants. Therefore, the need to further enhance road vehicles’ passive...