B. Pandurangan

TL;DR: In this article, detailed finite element models of a prototypical car seat and of a seated human are developed and used in the investigation of seated-human/seat interactions and the resulting seating comfort.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of finite-element analyses of polyurea-coated-plate interactions are carried out using a transient non-linear dynamics finite element approach to assess the extent of energy absorption and to identify the mode of failure of the test plate as a function of the imposed impact conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, Strassburger et al. constructed a simple, physically based, high strain-rate, high pressure, high-pressure, large-strain constitutive model for glass, which is suitable for direct incorporation into standard commercial transient nonlinear dynamics finite-element based software packages.

TL;DR: In this article, Strassburger et al. constructed a constitutive model for Starphire, a soda-lime transparent-armour glass made by Century Dynamics Inc. The basic components of the model are constructed in such a way that the model is suitable for direct incorporation into typical transient non-linear dynamics finite element-based software packages like ANSYS/Autodyn [ANSYS version 11.0] or ABAQUS/Explicit [ABAQus version 6.7, User Documentation, Dessault Systems, 2007].

TL;DR: Grujicic et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a direct-adhesion polymer-to-metal hybrid technology for loadbearing body-in-white structural components, which achieved the necessary level of polymer to-metal mechanical interconnectivity through the use of polyamide promoters.