Automotive Crash Test Barrier
ATSI engineers are proven experts in automotive facility construction. Our various projects include crash barriers, engineering design, and relocation services. Below is a case study overview of an automotive crash test barrier engineered by ATSI.

Project: Automotive Crash Test Barrier
Features: Offset Crash Test Capability and Higher Test Results Accuracy

Summary of Scope of Service
ATSI performed the detailed design, analyzed the structure using finite element methods, managed the fabrication and performed the installation and commissioning. The new crash barrier performs beyond design objectives and continues to provide automotive engineers with accurate data utilized in computer crash simulation programs.

Services Provided

• Developed a three-dimensional finite element model of the new crash barrier.
• Performed a Modal Analysis (mode shapes and natural frequencies).
• Established Transient Dynamic Response
  - Displacements
  - Response in time and frequency domains
  - Fast Fourier Transform
  
• Determined the static response under load.
• Accomplished a vibration noise ratio of 0.6% (1.0% was the goal.)
• Received a recognition award from Ford Global Test Operations 

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