Company Services Jobs & Career News Downloads Contact Search English Passive safety Stable chassis and high-level passenger protection Home / Services / Engineering / Competences / Passive Safety Development skills in passive vehicle safety Developments in passive safety mean designing vehicles with a maximal reduction of accident consequences for passengers, involved parties and other road users. A high degree of passive safety is achieved through maximum absorption of energy in the chassis, coordinated restraint systems and appropriate design in the interior of the vehicle. In this way, passive safety is an overall function of a vehicle, which is to be achieved through optimal cooperation between all the components involved. Our strengths Functional development Functional levels in the development process Tests Methods & tools Training concept Contact Claudius Brix Head of passive safety claudius.brix@arrk-engineering.com Functional development This comprises the optimal adjustment of all components involved and the adaptation of the entire performance to achieve complete product properties. We support you in turning global product targets, such as, for example, a specific consumer protection agency on a specific market, into necessary constituent targets (passive safety). When it comes to functional development in simulations and tests, we concentrate on the following: Total system simulations (all load conditions of passive safety) Crash analysis Battery casing Interior (cockpit, seats, door trim) Restraint systems Connection technology Overview: Functional levels of passive safety in the development process We support you with crash simulations of your vehicles - from the first idea to series production ARRK Engineering offers support with safety design in: Setting product goals Specification differentiation Interpreting and optimizing target fulfillment Technical detail optimization Testing carriages and whole systems Validation and approval Conception, virtualization and evaluation: side curtain Conception, virtualization and evaluation: SAB (side airbag) Tests With our experience in testing, we create a perfect symbiosis of numeric prognoses, trials on real prototypes and feedback of results into numeric models for the purposes of creating the greatest possible increase in maturity. Testing begins with the test item and continues through to the complete vehicle system - with our partner TÜV Süd Product Service GmbH, we cover the entire range of services Test control system Front, Side, Rear Visverdi Testing partner TÜV Süd Product Service: Instron/Encopim crash sleds (2 rows of seats) Methods & Tools Form-finding methods Which is the ideal shape for a side airbag under the given weight constraints? With our automated form-finding methods, it’s possible to determine the ideal coverage area for an airbag using an automated CAE process. Robustness Methods of testing robustness become relevant in relatively narrow solution spaces. If systems are already designed close to the technical limits, natural variations in starting constraints may pose the risk of systemic failure. We establish the effects of the dummy sitting position on the robustness of the crash results. Rough shaping methods Rough models present a drastic reduction of a crash vehicle on its significant load path structures. With examinations of rough models, it’s possible to determine the first fundamental applied load values in crash loads. Training concept for passive vehicle safety (CAE & testing) We see a considerable distinction in our employees’ specialist development. We train our employees, in accordance with an established concept, in all design disciplines of passive safety, current standards and requirements, and in using crash-specific tools, such as CAE Solver. We offer this training in German, English, Chinese and Japanese worldwide Your Global Product Development Specialist. Company ARRK Companies History Industries Locations References Mission Statement Services Engineering Prototyping Tooling Low Volume Production Jobs & Career Entry-level opportunities Career prospects Imprint / Data Protection © 2021 ARRK Product Development Group Ltd. All rights reserved. This Web Site uses cookies. If you continue to use this site you consent to the use of cookies. For further information, please refer to our privacy policy. Agree