Advanced Analysis, Design, and Optimization of Materials, Restraints, and structures for Ehnanced Automotive Safety and Weight Reduction, 2013 COLL-TP-00335

The 18 papers in this technical paper collection discuss innovative ideas to enhance automotive safety with improved material constitutive modeling, analysis method developments, simulation and pre/post processing tools, optimization techniques, crash code developments, finite element modeling updating, model validation and verification techniques, dummies and occupants, restraint systems, passive safety as well as lightweight materials applications.