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Figure 5.18: Passengers airbag rigid body.

Table 5.5: A-pillar loading.

A-Pillar LHS loading

Time (ms)

Moment (kN.mm)

Time (ms)

Y-direction stress (kN )

25

-250

30

-3

32

-87.5

38

-0.3

60

-750

52

-18

72

-575

68

-18

90

-87.5

100

100

Stress magnitude in time dependancy is defined in Table 5.8 and illustrated in Figure
5.27.
SMBC tube loading: tensile stress applied in x-direction to the SMBC tube during the
front colision. This stress is distributed on all nodes of the Figure 5.28 highlighted
elements. Stress magnitude in time dependancy is defined in Table 5.9 and illustrated
in Figure 5.29.