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Figure 5.14: Steering column COG.

Figure 5.15: Steering wheel-airbag assembly COG.

In Visual-Crash PAM, rigid bodies and multiple to one node constraint options are available in the Constraints sub-menu of the Crash menu. Their configuration is illustrated in
Figures 5.18 and 5.19. In both editing windows, mass, inertia properties, COG node and the
dependent nodes (bolted area elements nodes) are defined. For MTOCOs the independent
node can be different from the COG node. In this constraint, DOF of the dependent nodes
constrained to the corresponding DOF of the independent node can be also defined. The final
aspect of the model constraints is visible in Figure 5.20.

5.4.4

Loads and boundary conditions definition

Loads were adapted and slightly changed in some vectores magnitude from Renault technical specification, [77].
In Visual-Crash PAM loads and boundary conditions can be created in Loads submenu of