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Mr. Akash Sengupta, 2 Mr. Apurba Sharma, Former Student, Department of Automobile Engineering, MCKV Institute
of Engineering, Liluah, Howrah, West Bengal
Mr. Amritabha Chakraborty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MCKV Institute of Engineering, Liluah, Howrah,
West Bengal
ABSTRACT
The paper aims to design and manufacture an Impact Attenuator for a formula prototype car. The design has been done using
CATIA V5R20 and was analysed in ANSYS 13.0. Post manufacturing testing has been done to validate the simulation data.
1. INTRODUCTION
The Impact Attenuator is an energy absorber device. Its purpose is to absorb as much energy as possible in case of
collision. It provides a load path for transverse and vertical loads in the event of off-centered and off-axis impacts. The
safety of driver during an accident depends on this hence no mistake can be afforded while manufacturing or designing
this thing. Also, it must be easy to install so that the weekend autocross driver can himself only attach it without the
need of skilled expertise.
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Figure 4: Analysis
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References
[1] Automobile Engineering (RB Gupta)
[2] Supra SAE India Rulebook 2014
AUTHOR
Akash Sen Gupta received the B.Tech degree in Automobile Engineering from West Bengal University of
Technology(MCKV Institute Of Engineering) in 2014.
Apurba Sharma received the B.Tech degree in Automobile Engineering from West Bengal University of
Technology(MCKV Institute Of Engineering) in 2014.
Amritabha Chakroborty is undergoing his B.Tech degree in Mechanichal Engineering from West Bengal
University of Technology (MCKV Institute Of Engineering) in 2014.
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