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The Mechanical Behavior Of A Nylon Seat Belt Exposed To
Cyclical Loads: A Numerical Approach
Lucas Nogueira Assis, Claysson Bruno Santos Vimieiro, Pedro Américo
Almeida Magalhães Júnior
Departamento de Engenharia Mecãnica, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Av. Dom José
Gaspar, 500 – Coração Eucarístico, CEP 30535-901, Belo Horizonte, M.G., Brasil
ABSTRACT
This work aims to study the mechanical behavior of a nylon seat belt when it is exposed to cyclical loads through
the Finite Element Methods. This work used as base the brazilian regulamentoy standard ABNT NBR 7337:2011
to create the virtual model of the seat belt, with the following dimensions: 1.20mm thick, 48mm width and
250mm length. The next step was to import this CAD model to ANSYS 14.5 software, to create the correct
material model for this case and apply the correct boundary conditions in order to analyze its behavior under a
load that varies from 0 to 2000 N at a 10 Hz frequency. The final step was to analyze this numerical results that
referring to this component under these conditions.
Keywords – ANSYS Workbench 14.5, fatigue, FEM, polymers, seat belt
I. INTRODUCTION
With the accessibility to the automotive vehicles
and consequently the increase of sells, the regulatory
agencies constantly look for actions to increase the
safety of passengers of these vehicles in order to
reduce efficiently the consequences of severe
accidents. Among the various components that a
vehicle has in order to guarantee the safety of the
passengers the seat belt is a basic safety item and its
use is obligatory, as prescribed at the BTC (Brazilian
Traffic Code).
The vehicular seat belt is probably the most
common safety item used around the world when we
think about passengers vehicles. Its use is obligatory
as its prescribed at the Article 65 of the BTC, and its
non-use is treated as a serious offense against the
Brazilian Traffic Code. Some of the benefits of its
utilization was said by Marcus Romaro (2005): this
item keeps the occupants at the same point, do not
allow them to be thrown in case of a collision,
absorbs part of the impact’s energy and distribute the
remain energy by the strongest points of the human
body, minimizes the chance of a second collision
(when the occupants collide with the vehicle
interior), reduces the chance of occurring a
conscience loss and guarantee a correct and stable
position to drive.
The fatigue failure occurs when the material is
subjected to a dynamic load during a period and it
fails under an inferior stress than its yield strength
(Evandro, 2011). Therefore, understanding the
mechanical behavior of the seat belt when its
subjected to cyclic loads, allow us to predict risks
situations and the need of and eventual intervention
allowing the preventive substitution of this
component. The finite element methods is inserted at
this analysis due it’s advanced analytical capacity and
due its relative short response time, when its
compared to the fatigue experiments.
Because its material is a polymer and its
behavior depend of more variables than metals, as for
example the load frequency (Evandro, 2011), the
actual scenario faces a lack of studies around this
issue.
I. METODOLOGY
Model criation
To analyze the seat belt thread, first it was
necessary to generate its model at a CAD software.
The model was created through the SolidWorks
software with 1.20 mm thick, 48 mm wide and 250
mm long. The next step was to generate the finite
element mesh for this model. This mesh was created
as it is shown at Figure 1, with 134389 nodes and
24000 elements.
Fig. 1: Mesh used for this analyzis, with 134389
nodes and 24000 elements
As Geisiel (2014), the materials used to
manufacture the seatbelts usually are made using
synthetic fibers and must have good absorption and
dissipation of energy capacity, in order to guarantee a
uniform pressure applied to the passengers. In this
study, the nylon was chosen to model the seat belt, as
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the Altair HyperWorks reference model (2012). The
values of density, modulus of elasticity and the
Poisson coefficient of the material used are shown at
Figure 2 below.
Fig. 2: Nylon properties
In addition to the mechanical properties shown
above, it was introduced at the ANSYS software the
stress-strain nylon curve, that can be seen at Figure 3
shown below.
Fig. 3: Nylon Stress-Strain curve
It was also required the addition of the nylon SN
curve, in order to model the material to the fatigue
study. The curve used was presented by Averett
(2004) and can be seen at the Figure 4 below.
Fig. 4: Nylon SN curve [7]
II. BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
Figure 5 below shows the boundary conditions
applied at this analysis. The six degree of freedom of
the model were constrained at one end of the seat belt
thread in order to constrain its translation and rotation
movements at the X, Y and Z axis. At the opposite
end, was applied a cyclical force varying from 0 to
2000 N. This load case were defined by numerical
approximation in order to define the seat belt’s usual
conditions.
Fig. 5: Boundary conditions. Adapted from [5]
Besides the defined applied loads, the Goodman
criterion were chosen to analyze the model at
specified conditions, as (1) show us.
Where σa is the alternating stress, σm is the
medium stress, Se is the material’s fatigue yield
strength, σr is the ultimate stress and FS is the safety
factor.
III. RESULTS
According to the described methodology, the
following results were obtained through the analysis.
The alternating stress calculated at these conditions
reached extremely high levels.
The Figure 6 below shows the estimated results
relative to the components life, according to the load
case discussed before. We can notice that the
estimated life to the tension condition between 0 and
2000 N at 10 Hz is on the order of 9,07 x 106
loading
cycles. At Figure 7 the detailed area that presents the
highest fluctuations oscilations at the results is
shown.
Fig. 6: Estimated component’s life
Fig. 7: Detailed view of model’s most relevant
oscillations of it’s estimated life
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At Figure 8 showed below the maximum and
minimum safety coefficients determined to this
analysis are shown, with the maximum value equals
to 1.3322 and the minimum determined as 0.23537.
Fig. 8: Determined safety factors
IV. CONCLUSION
The main goal of this work was to determine,
through the Finite Element Method, the mechanical
behavior of the nylon seat belt, when it is under a
cyclic tension load of magnitude of 2000 N at a
application frequency of 10 Hz.
Although the mechanical behavior of the seat
belt was in accordance with the expected results,
experimental tests are recommended in order to
obtain the validation of the numerical model
presented.
V. Acknowledgements
The authors thank the generous support of the
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais –
PUCMINAS, the Conselho Nacional de
Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPQ
– “National Counsel of Technological and Scientific
Development” and the Fundacao de Amparo a
Pesquisa de Minas Gerais – FAPEMIG –
“Foundation for Research Support of Minas Gerais”.
REFERENCES
[1] Assossiação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas
NBR 7337: veículos rodoviários
automotores: cintos de segurança,
requisitos e ensaios. (Rio de Janeiro: ABNT,
2009).
[2] DENATRAN, Código de Trânsito
Brasileiro e Legislação Complementar em
Vigor. (Brasília, DF, 2008) Article 65.
[3] ROMARO, M. Comportamento dos Cintos
de Segurança Infantis em Impactos
Veiculares, Master Degree diss.,
Universidade Estadual de Campinas,
Campinas, São Paulo, 2005.
[4] SOUSA, E. E. Análise do Comportamento
em Fadiga do Poli (Fluoreto de Vinilideno),
Undergraduate Project, Universidade
Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro,
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[5] ASSIS, G. M. Modelo Numérico para
Avaliação da Solicitação do Cinto de
Segurança sobre o Tórax de um Ocupante
de um Veículo em um Sled Test, Master
Degree diss., Pontifícia Universidade
Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte,
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[6] ALTAIR HYPWERWORKS. Hybrid II
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[7] AVERETT, R. D. Fracture Mechanics of
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Technologi

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The Mechanical Behavior Of A Nylon Seat Belt Exposed To Cyclical Loads: A Numerical Approach

  • 1. Lucas Nogueira Assis et al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 9, (Part - 2) September 2015, pp.95-97 www.ijera.com 95 | P a g e The Mechanical Behavior Of A Nylon Seat Belt Exposed To Cyclical Loads: A Numerical Approach Lucas Nogueira Assis, Claysson Bruno Santos Vimieiro, Pedro Américo Almeida Magalhães Júnior Departamento de Engenharia Mecãnica, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Av. Dom José Gaspar, 500 – Coração Eucarístico, CEP 30535-901, Belo Horizonte, M.G., Brasil ABSTRACT This work aims to study the mechanical behavior of a nylon seat belt when it is exposed to cyclical loads through the Finite Element Methods. This work used as base the brazilian regulamentoy standard ABNT NBR 7337:2011 to create the virtual model of the seat belt, with the following dimensions: 1.20mm thick, 48mm width and 250mm length. The next step was to import this CAD model to ANSYS 14.5 software, to create the correct material model for this case and apply the correct boundary conditions in order to analyze its behavior under a load that varies from 0 to 2000 N at a 10 Hz frequency. The final step was to analyze this numerical results that referring to this component under these conditions. Keywords – ANSYS Workbench 14.5, fatigue, FEM, polymers, seat belt I. INTRODUCTION With the accessibility to the automotive vehicles and consequently the increase of sells, the regulatory agencies constantly look for actions to increase the safety of passengers of these vehicles in order to reduce efficiently the consequences of severe accidents. Among the various components that a vehicle has in order to guarantee the safety of the passengers the seat belt is a basic safety item and its use is obligatory, as prescribed at the BTC (Brazilian Traffic Code). The vehicular seat belt is probably the most common safety item used around the world when we think about passengers vehicles. Its use is obligatory as its prescribed at the Article 65 of the BTC, and its non-use is treated as a serious offense against the Brazilian Traffic Code. Some of the benefits of its utilization was said by Marcus Romaro (2005): this item keeps the occupants at the same point, do not allow them to be thrown in case of a collision, absorbs part of the impact’s energy and distribute the remain energy by the strongest points of the human body, minimizes the chance of a second collision (when the occupants collide with the vehicle interior), reduces the chance of occurring a conscience loss and guarantee a correct and stable position to drive. The fatigue failure occurs when the material is subjected to a dynamic load during a period and it fails under an inferior stress than its yield strength (Evandro, 2011). Therefore, understanding the mechanical behavior of the seat belt when its subjected to cyclic loads, allow us to predict risks situations and the need of and eventual intervention allowing the preventive substitution of this component. The finite element methods is inserted at this analysis due it’s advanced analytical capacity and due its relative short response time, when its compared to the fatigue experiments. Because its material is a polymer and its behavior depend of more variables than metals, as for example the load frequency (Evandro, 2011), the actual scenario faces a lack of studies around this issue. I. METODOLOGY Model criation To analyze the seat belt thread, first it was necessary to generate its model at a CAD software. The model was created through the SolidWorks software with 1.20 mm thick, 48 mm wide and 250 mm long. The next step was to generate the finite element mesh for this model. This mesh was created as it is shown at Figure 1, with 134389 nodes and 24000 elements. Fig. 1: Mesh used for this analyzis, with 134389 nodes and 24000 elements As Geisiel (2014), the materials used to manufacture the seatbelts usually are made using synthetic fibers and must have good absorption and dissipation of energy capacity, in order to guarantee a uniform pressure applied to the passengers. In this study, the nylon was chosen to model the seat belt, as RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS
  • 2. Lucas Nogueira Assis et al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 9, (Part - 2) September 2015, pp.95-97 www.ijera.com 96 | P a g e the Altair HyperWorks reference model (2012). The values of density, modulus of elasticity and the Poisson coefficient of the material used are shown at Figure 2 below. Fig. 2: Nylon properties In addition to the mechanical properties shown above, it was introduced at the ANSYS software the stress-strain nylon curve, that can be seen at Figure 3 shown below. Fig. 3: Nylon Stress-Strain curve It was also required the addition of the nylon SN curve, in order to model the material to the fatigue study. The curve used was presented by Averett (2004) and can be seen at the Figure 4 below. Fig. 4: Nylon SN curve [7] II. BOUNDARY CONDITIONS Figure 5 below shows the boundary conditions applied at this analysis. The six degree of freedom of the model were constrained at one end of the seat belt thread in order to constrain its translation and rotation movements at the X, Y and Z axis. At the opposite end, was applied a cyclical force varying from 0 to 2000 N. This load case were defined by numerical approximation in order to define the seat belt’s usual conditions. Fig. 5: Boundary conditions. Adapted from [5] Besides the defined applied loads, the Goodman criterion were chosen to analyze the model at specified conditions, as (1) show us. Where σa is the alternating stress, σm is the medium stress, Se is the material’s fatigue yield strength, σr is the ultimate stress and FS is the safety factor. III. RESULTS According to the described methodology, the following results were obtained through the analysis. The alternating stress calculated at these conditions reached extremely high levels. The Figure 6 below shows the estimated results relative to the components life, according to the load case discussed before. We can notice that the estimated life to the tension condition between 0 and 2000 N at 10 Hz is on the order of 9,07 x 106 loading cycles. At Figure 7 the detailed area that presents the highest fluctuations oscilations at the results is shown. Fig. 6: Estimated component’s life Fig. 7: Detailed view of model’s most relevant oscillations of it’s estimated life
  • 3. Lucas Nogueira Assis et al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications www.ijera.com ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 9, (Part - 2) September 2015, pp.95-97 www.ijera.com 97 | P a g e At Figure 8 showed below the maximum and minimum safety coefficients determined to this analysis are shown, with the maximum value equals to 1.3322 and the minimum determined as 0.23537. Fig. 8: Determined safety factors IV. CONCLUSION The main goal of this work was to determine, through the Finite Element Method, the mechanical behavior of the nylon seat belt, when it is under a cyclic tension load of magnitude of 2000 N at a application frequency of 10 Hz. Although the mechanical behavior of the seat belt was in accordance with the expected results, experimental tests are recommended in order to obtain the validation of the numerical model presented. V. Acknowledgements The authors thank the generous support of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais – PUCMINAS, the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPQ – “National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development” and the Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa de Minas Gerais – FAPEMIG – “Foundation for Research Support of Minas Gerais”. REFERENCES [1] Assossiação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas NBR 7337: veículos rodoviários automotores: cintos de segurança, requisitos e ensaios. (Rio de Janeiro: ABNT, 2009). [2] DENATRAN, Código de Trânsito Brasileiro e Legislação Complementar em Vigor. (Brasília, DF, 2008) Article 65. [3] ROMARO, M. Comportamento dos Cintos de Segurança Infantis em Impactos Veiculares, Master Degree diss., Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, 2005. [4] SOUSA, E. E. Análise do Comportamento em Fadiga do Poli (Fluoreto de Vinilideno), Undergraduate Project, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2011. [5] ASSIS, G. M. Modelo Numérico para Avaliação da Solicitação do Cinto de Segurança sobre o Tórax de um Ocupante de um Veículo em um Sled Test, Master Degree diss., Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 2014. [6] ALTAIR HYPWERWORKS. Hybrid II Aero v110A validation: Altair Safety, 2012. [7] AVERETT, R. D. Fracture Mechanics of High Performance Nylon Fibers, Master Degree diss., Georgia Institute of Technologi