Browsing Mechanical Engineering by Author "Tay, Yi Yang"
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Crash simulations of aircraft fuselage section in water impact and comparison with solid surface impact
Tay, Yi Yang; Bhonge, Prasannakumar S.; Lankarani, Hamid M. (Taylor & Francis Group, 2015-09-03)Aircraft water landing emergency provisions 14 CFR 25.801 demand requirement of ditching provision if requested in certification. This requires evaluation of the dynamic behaviour and response of aircraft in water impact ... -
Crashworthiness analysis of an aircraft fuselage section with an auxiliary fuel tank using a hybrid multibody/plastic hinge approach
Tay, Yi Yang; Flores, Paulo; Lankarani, Hamid M. (Taylor & Francis, 2019-01-28)The drop test of a Boeing-737 fuselage section is modelled using a multibody (MB) with spatial plastic hinge method. The test is simulated in MADYMO to evaluate the structural interaction of the cabin with a stiff auxiliary ... -
Development and application of planar computational general-purpose constrained multibody simulations in Matlab with simple graphical/visualization capability
Dye, John; Tay, Yi Yang; Lankarani, Hamid M. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016)This study demonstrates the implementation and advantages in utilizing the Matlab programming environment for general-purpose simulations of constrained planar dynamic and kinematic multibody mechanical systems. Many ... -
Development of a mathematical model using response surface methodology in predicting injuries to out-of-position occupants from frontal airbags
Tay, Yi Yang (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)Frontal- and side- impact airbags are developed primarily to reduce occupant injuries during vehicle collisions. However, such safety feature has been identified to have caused fatal injuries to out-of-position smaller ... -
Energy absorption characteristics of a thin-walled tube filled with carbon nano polyurethane foam and application in car bumper
Tankara, Damodar Goud; Moradi, Rasoul; Tay, Yi Yang; Lankarani, Hamid M. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015)Over the past few decades, much research work has been conducted on the development of advance crashworthy structures to increase the energy absorption of mechanical systems. Thin-walled tubes are primarily used as structural ... -
An experimental and numerical investigation into the dynamic crash testing of vehicle bumper fabricated using friction stir welding and gas metal arc welding
Baratzadeh, Farzad; Tay, Yi Yang; Patil, Sachin A.; Lankarani, Hamid M. (Taylor & Francis Group, 2014)The advancement in friction stir welding (FSW) technology has provided automotive and aerospace industry with an alternative method in developing structures and assemblies. This study investigates the performance of FSW ... -
A finite element analysis of high-energy absorption cellular materials in enhancing passive safety of road vehicles in side-impact accidents
Tay, Yi Yang; Lim, Chee-Sern; Lankarani, Hamid M. (Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-05-04)In an effort to increase road vehicles' structural strength, cellular materials, such as foam, have been utilised and installed in vital parts of the vehicle. The limited structural crush zones in side-impact collisions, ... -
Finite element analysis, Ground Vibration Testing, and characterization of vibration modes for a cantilever plate representing an aircraft wing with and without secondary structure attached
Nedukanjirathingal, Santhosh Kumar; Tay, Yi Yang; Lankarani, Hamid M. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016)One of the most critical testing procedures for an airplane certification is Ground Vibration Testing (GVT). With proper GVT analysts can determine the stiffness distribution, natural frequencies, mode shapes and structural ... -
A finite element approach in estimating driver fatality ratio of a fleet of LTVs striking a passenger car based on vehicle's intrusion, acceleration and stiffness ratios in side-impact accidents
Tay, Yi Yang; Papa, A.; Koneru, Lakshmi Venkata Sai Praneeth Chowdary; Moradi, Rasoul; Lankarani, Hamid M. (Springer International Publishing AG, 2015-03-15)The driver fatality ratio (DFR) proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) demonstrates the relative fatality risks of occupants in various vehicle-to-vehicle (VtV) crashes. The readily available ... -
An internal gyroscopic micro-mechanism for development of lateral deviation of a projectile
Umstead, Christopher M.; Tay, Yi Yang; Lankarani, Hamid M. (Springer International Publishing AG, 2015)The lateral control of a projectile for impacting a non-stationary target is of interest in many applications. Changing the flight trajectory can be achieved using the internal moving parts of the projectile. In this study, ... -
Lumbar load estimation for a MADYMO FAA Hybrid-III scalable dummy
Tay, Yi Yang; Cai, Yong; Lankarani, Hamid M. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016)The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a number of regulations aimed at protecting occupants in the event of a crash. The Code of Federal Regulations, 14 CFR 25.562, describes the compliance regulation for transport ... -
Modeling of friction-stir butt-welds and its application in automotive bumper impact performance Part 1. Thermo-mechanical weld process modeling
Patil, Sachin; Tay, Yi Yang; Baratzadeh, Farzad; Lankarani, Hamid M. (Springer Nature, 2018-06)The demand for better structural performance in joining of components for road vehicles prompts the implementation of aluminum alloy friction stir welding technology in the automotive industry. The aim of current study is ... -
Modeling of friction-stir butt-welds and its application in automotive bumper impact performance Part 2. Impact modeling and bumper crash performance
Patil, Sachin; Tay, Yi Yang; Baratzadeh, Farzad; Lankarani, Hamid M. (Korean Society of Steel Construction, 2017-07)Ever increasing requirements regarding vehicle safety have led to rapid developments in various joining process. Among FSW widely used for Aluminum alloy welded structure of car body because of their remarkable performance ... -
Multi-objective optimization of mechanisms with clearances in revolute joints
Zhang, Zhenhua; Xu, Liang; Tay, Yi Yang; Flores, Paulo; Lankarani, Hamid M. (Springer International Publishing AG, 2015)Despite extensive work on the evaluation of the dynamic performances of various mechanisms and multi-body mechanical systems with revolute joint clearances, limited work has been conducted in optimizing the performances ... -
Multibody modelling of an internal gyroscopic micro-mechanism for development of lateral deviation of a projectile
Umstead, Christopher M.; Tay, Yi Yang; Lankarani, Hamid M. (SAGE, 2016-09)The lateral control of a projectile for targeting and impacting a nonstationary target is of interest in many applications. Through the use of internal moving parts, gyroscopic forces can be generated, thus changing the ... -
New technologies and applications in energy-absorbing cellular materials, airbag pre-deployment, injury prediction to out-of position occupants, and estimation of driver fatality ratio, for enhancing passive safety of road vehicles in side-impact accidents
Tay, Yi Yang (Wichita State University, 2014-05)The automotive industry is repeatedly tasked with improving vehicles structural strength, optimizing active and passive safety features, reducing occupant injury potential, and hitting lean manufacturing goals. The challenge ... -
A numerical analysis of pre-deployment effect of side-impact airbags in reducing occupant injuries
Tay, Yi Yang; Moradi, Rasoul; Lankarani, Hamid M. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014)Side impact collisions represent the second greatest cause of fatality in motor vehicle accidents. Side-impact airbags (SABs), though not mandated by NHTSA, have been installed in recent model year vehicle due to its ... -
A response surface methodology in predicting injuries to out-of-position occupants from frontal airbags
Tay, Yi Yang; Moradi, Rasoul; Lankarani, Hamid M. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015)Out-of-position (OOP) occupants, especially smaller females and children, are quite vulnerable to injuries caused by deploying airbags. This study is aimed at investigating the effects of various design parameters of a ... -
Vertical impact simulations of a full-size and simplified scaled models of an aircraft fuselage section
Prasad, Vishal Krishna; Tay, Yi Yang; Lankarani, Hamid M. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016)Computer modeling and simulations on the crashworthiness of aircraft using validated models have provided insight into the energy-absorption characteristics of structures and have allowed parametric studies in the evaluation ...