The use of a virtual environment for FE analysis of vehicle crash worthiness

Author

Kuschfeldt, Sven ; Schulz, Martin ; Ertl, Thomas ; Reuding, Thomas ; Holzner, Michael

Author_Institution

Comput. Graphics Group, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany

fYear

1997

fDate

1-5 Mar 1997

Firstpage

209

Abstract

The advances in computer graphics technology plus the increased complexity of finite element (FE) simulations of the crash behavior of a car body have resulted in the need for new visualization techniques to facilitate the analysis of such engineering computations. The VR system VtCrash provides novel computer-human interface techniques for intuitive and interactive analysis of large amounts of crash simulation data. VtCrash takes geometry and physical properties data as input and enables the user to enter a virtual crash and to interact with any part of the vehicle

Keywords

accidents; automobiles; data analysis; data visualisation; digital simulation; engineering graphics; finite element analysis; mechanical engineering computing; traffic engineering computing; user interfaces; virtual reality; VR system; VtCrash; car body; computer graphics technology; computer-human interface techniques; crash behavior; crash simulation data; engineering computations; finite element simulations; geometry data; interactive analysis; intuitive analysis; physical properties data; vehicle crash worthiness; virtual crash; virtual environment; visualization techniques; Analytical models; Automotive engineering; Computational modeling; Computer graphics; Computer simulation; Data visualization; Finite element methods; Iron; Vehicle crash testing; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium, 1997., IEEE 1997

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

ISSN

1087-8270

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7843-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VRAIS.1997.583073

Filename

583073