Capstone Project – Optimization of Crumple Zones in Cars

• Developed optimized designs for longitudinal crash bars in vehicles, resulting in a 22% rise in performance measured via specific energy absorption (SEA).
• Collaborated with other team members to investigate promising materials, fillings, and geometries for designs with greater specific energy absorption (SEA).
• Modelled CAD prototypes and ran ANSYS explicit dynamics simulations to select most promising prototypes.
• Performed physical compression experiments on prototypes using Instron Universal Testing Machine.

Capstone Project Final Report

Capstone Project Final Results Presentation

Capstone Project Final Poster

Capstone Project Intermediate Presentation