Designing and Experiment Study on Front Impact Attenuator for Formula SAE Racecar

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According to the rule of China Student Formula SAE Competition, This paper discussed and designed the structure. It then chose aluminum-honeycomb and aluminum sheet to make the impact attenuator. Then static and dynamic experiments were carried out to test its performance. It finally drew a conclusion that the design could provide good protection for the driver and racecar. It could also be used on other similar vehicles.

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November 2011

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