汽车安全气囊系统撞击传感器的有限单元分析------外文翻译.doc

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF AUTOMOBILE CRASH SENSORS FOR AIRBAG SYSTEMS ABSTRACT Automobile spring bias crash sensor design time can be significantly reduced by using finite element analysis as a predictive engineering tool.The sensors consist of a ball and springs cased in a plastic housing.Two important factors in the design of crash sensors are the force-displacement response of the sensor and stresses in the sensor springs. In the past,sensors were designed by building and testing prototype hardware until the force-displacement requirements were met. Prototype springs need to be designed well below the elastic limit of the material.Using finite element analysis, sensors can be designed to meet forcedisplacement requirements with acceptable stress levels. The analysis procedure discussed in this paper has demonstrated the ability to eliminate months of prototyping effort. MSC/ABAQUS has been used to analyze and design airbag crash sensors.The analysis was geometrically nonlinear due to the large deflections of the springs and the contact between the ball and springs. Bezier 3-D rigid surface elements along with rigid surface interface (IRS) elements were used to model ball-to-spring contact.Slideline elements were used with parallel slideline interface (ISL) elements for spring-to-spring contact. Finite element analysis results for the force-displacement response of the sensor were in excellent agreement with experimental results. INTRODUCTION An important component of an automotive airbag system is the crash sensor. Various types of crash sensors are used in airbag systems including mechanical, electro-mechanical, and electronic sensors. An electro-mechanical sensor (see Figure 1) consisting of a ball and two springs cased in a plastic housing is discussed in this paper. When the sensor experiences a severe crash pulse, the ball pushes two springs into contact completing the electric circuit allowing the airbag to fire. The force-displacement response of the two