Analysis of high-g camera support structure for crash test system

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Erdoğdu, Mahmut Gökhan

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Sled Crash Test System is one of the key elements in todays high safety vehicle designs. In the crash test systems, high speed imaging by high speed cameras is required. For the success of high speed imaging, high speed cameras should be well secured on the sled of the system which is being accelerated to high-g values to simulate vehicle crash. In this study, structural analysis of the high – g camera support structure for the sled crash test sytem which is available in METU-BİLTİR Center Vehicle Safety Unit is carried out. For the secure connection of the high speed cameras, three different configurations of the camera support structure with different camera positions are analyzed by transient dynamic analysis. The finite element simulations are carried out under the acceleration of 90 g which is the maximum applicable acceleration on the system. After verification of the configurations with the computer simulations, one of the configuration has been tested at the sled test facility of METU-BILTIR Center Vehicle Safety Unit.

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Mechanical engineering.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19250

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M. G. Erdoğdu, “Analysis of high-g camera support structure for crash test system,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2009.