PREDICTING STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMOTIVE BODIES FROM AS-SHIPPED PROPERTIES OF STEEL

This paper provides a simple analytic procedure for determining the potential for thickness reduction of structural body parts using mild and high strength steels where it is assumed that the effect of buckling or crippling is considered separately. Static, collision and fatigue loading cases are evaluated for both the bulk steel and for spot welds. In addition, the effect of forming and paint-bake aging on the as-received properties of the steel is considered.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at SAE Meeting 23-27 February 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Levy, B S
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 15 p.
• Serial:
  • Society of Automotive Engineers Preprint
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aging (Materials); Automobiles; Buckling; Crashes; Fatigue (Mechanics); Forecasting; Metals; Motor vehicle bodies; Spot welding; Static loads; Steel; Structural analysis; Structural steel; Structures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bodies; Structural adequacy
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile bodies; Structural
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment; I34: Steels and Metals; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341332
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 810029
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1981 12:00AM