JP2011158271A - Method for predicting dent rigidity - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for predicting dent rigidity of a roof panel to which a molded ceiling is attached. <P>SOLUTION: The dent rigidity of the roof panel to which the molded ceiling is attached is predicted by a prescribed relation expression, based on factors determining the dent rigidity of the roof panel while the molded ceiling is not attached and factors showing an attached state of the molded ceiling and the roof panel. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for predicting dent rigidity of an outer panel of a vehicle, and more particularly, to a method for predicting dent rigidity as a load resistance of a roof panel to which a molded ceiling is attached.

  Conventionally, the dent rigidity of the outer panel of a vehicle has been actually measured using a prototype vehicle. Therefore, the dent rigidity is unknown at the design stage, and if it is found that the dent rigidity is insufficient, it is necessary to feed back to the design and make a prototype again. For this reason, there has been a problem that causes an increase in development period and cost.

  On the other hand, if the dent rigidity of the outer panel can be predicted in the design stage, the above-described problem cannot occur. Therefore, a technique for predicting the dent rigidity of the outer panel in the design stage has been desired. In particular, a uniform load is applied to the entire roof during snowfall, and there should be no plastic deformation against such a load. Therefore, a technique for accurately predicting the dent rigidity with respect to the uniform load on the entire roof has been desired.

  As such a technique, for example, there is a technique of Patent Document 1. In the technique of this patent document 1, when a load is applied to a measurement point of a metal plate member, the area of the stress-affected region defined around the measurement point is calculated as a deflection area, and the curvature of the measurement point of the plate member is calculated. The displacement in the load direction of the measurement point is calculated as the dent rigidity based on a predetermined relational expression based on the thickness of the measurement point of the plate member, the material of the plate member, and the tread area.

JP 2007-33067 A

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, the dent rigidity of a plate member is predicted by substituting the deflection area, curvature, plate thickness, and material (hereinafter collectively referred to as factors) of the plate member into a predetermined relational expression. . In addition, since the deflection area of a board member is calculated based on the attachment state etc. of a board member, all the factors are values which become known at the design stage. Therefore, if the technique of Patent Document 1 is used, the dent rigidity of the plate member can be predicted at the design stage.

  However, in recent years, an increasing number of vehicles adopt a roof to which a molded ceiling (roof lining) is attached. In a roof outer plate (hereinafter referred to as a roof panel) to which such a shaped ceiling is attached, roof lining bears a part of the load on the roof panel. Therefore, the dent rigidity of the roof panel to which roofing is attached is different from the dent rigidity of the roof panel alone. Therefore, even if the technique of Patent Document 1 is used, the dent rigidity of the roof panel to which the molded ceiling is attached cannot be obtained accurately.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for predicting dent rigidity of a roof panel to which a molded ceiling is attached.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the dent stiffness prediction method of the present invention provides a dent stiffness as a load resistance of the roof panel when a substantially uniform load is applied to the roof panel of the vehicle to which the molded ceiling is attached. Is a dent stiffness prediction method for predicting dent stiffness of the roof panel in a state where the molded ceiling is not attached and a factor representing an attachment state of the molded ceiling and the roof panel. The dent rigidity of the roof panel to which the molded ceiling is attached is predicted according to a predetermined relational expression.

  The load applied to the roof panel to which the molded ceiling is attached is supported not only by the roof panel but also by the molded ceiling. Therefore, the dent rigidity of the roof panel to which the molded ceiling is attached cannot be accurately predicted even if the dent rigidity of only the roof panel is predicted. Therefore, in the present invention, the dent rigidity of the roof panel in a state where the molded ceiling is not attached, that is, a factor that determines the dent rigidity of the roof panel itself and a factor that represents the attachment state of the molded ceiling and the roof panel are used. Thus, the dent rigidity of the roof panel to which the molded ceiling is attached is predicted from a predetermined prediction formula (relational formula). Thereby, it is possible to accurately predict the dent rigidity of the roof panel in consideration of the load supported by the molded ceiling.

  In one preferred embodiment of the dent stiffness prediction method of the present invention, the molded ceiling and the roof panel are attached by adhesion, and the dent stiffness of the roof panel to which the molded ceiling is not attached is set. Determining factors are the thickness of the roof panel, the area of the roof panel, and the curvature of the roof panel, and the factor indicating the mounting state of the molded ceiling and the roof panel is the molded ceiling and The adhesion area with the roof panel and the gap dimension between the molded ceiling and the roof panel.

  In this configuration, when the molded ceiling and the roof panel are attached by adhesion, the dent rigidity of the roof panel can be accurately predicted by using the above-described factors.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the roof vicinity of the vehicle to which the dent rigidity prediction method of this invention is applied. It is a figure showing how to obtain | require the curvature of the roof of a vehicle. It is a figure showing how to obtain | require the curvature of the roof of a vehicle. It is a figure showing how to obtain | require the area of the roof of a vehicle. It is a figure which shows the application state of the adhesive agent at the time of adhere | attaching a vehicle and a shaping | molding ceiling.

  Embodiments of the dent stiffness prediction method of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The dent rigidity in the present embodiment means the magnitude of the load that causes the amount of displacement in the load direction of the roof panel to be a predetermined allowable displacement when a uniform load is applied to the roof panel. The displacement amount in the load direction when a predetermined load is applied may be used. Further, in the present embodiment, a case where the dent stiffness when a substantially uniform load is applied to the roof of the vehicle due to snow accumulation is described, and the dent stiffness is uniformly accumulated on the roof panel instead of the load. Use snow cover (snow cover height). Of course, the substantially uniform load on the roof of the vehicle is not limited to snow.

  FIG. 1 shows a roof 1 of a vehicle V. As shown in the figure, the roof 1 includes a roof panel 2 having a curved shape. A synthetic resin molded ceiling 4 is attached to the vehicle body side of the roof panel 2. Therefore, the load on the roof panel 2 bears not only the roof panel 2 but also the molded ceiling 4.

  Therefore, even if the dent rigidity of the roof panel 2 to which the molded ceiling 4 is attached is predicted only from the characteristics of the roof panel 2 itself, an accurate result cannot be obtained. As described above, the load applied to the roof panel 2 also bears the molded ceiling 4. The inventors of the present invention have found through experiments that the amount of load applied to the molded ceiling 4 at this time is affected by the mounting state of the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4. Therefore, the inventors of the present invention have come up with the idea of predicting the dent rigidity using a factor representing the attachment state of the loop panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 in addition to the characteristics of the roof panel 2 itself.

  Generally, it is known that the dent rigidity of a plate material such as the roof panel 2 depends on the plate thickness of the plate material, the curvature of the plate material, and the area of the plate material. Therefore, first, factors that determine the dent rigidity of the roof panel 2 itself will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the curvature of the vehicle V in the front-rear direction of the roof panel 2 of the vehicle V of the present embodiment is greatly different between the front part 2F and the rear part 2R of the roof panel 2. Therefore, the dent rigidity of the roof panel 2 is also greatly different between the front part 2F and the rear part 2R. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the roof panel is divided into the front part 2F and the rear part 2R, and the respective dent rigidity is predicted.

〔curvature〕
In general, the curvature of the roof panel 2 of the vehicle V differs between the front-rear direction of the vehicle V (hereinafter referred to as the vertical direction) and the left-right direction of the vehicle V (hereinafter referred to as the horizontal direction). Therefore, as the curvature of the roof panel 2, a longitudinal curvature (hereinafter referred to as a longitudinal curvature) and a lateral curvature (lateral curvature) are used.

  2 and 3 are diagrams showing how to obtain the curvature of the roof panel 2 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, when the vehicle V of the present embodiment is viewed from the side, there is a position where the curvature of the roof panel 2 changes greatly. In the present embodiment, the roof panel 2 is divided into a front portion 2F and a rear portion 2R with the position as a boundary. Further, the curvature is not constant in the front part 2F or the rear part 2R of the roof panel 2. Therefore, in the present embodiment, measurement lines in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction are set in the front part 2F and the rear part 2R of the roof panel 2, and a point that equally divides the measurement line into a predetermined number is set as a measurement point for curvature. The average value of the curvature at each measurement point is the curvature of the front part 2F and the rear part 2R.

  Examples of setting measurement lines and measurement points at this time are shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a vertical measurement line L1 is set along the roof panel 2, and a horizontal measurement line L2 in the front portion 2F and a horizontal measurement line in the rear portion 2R. L3 is set. In the present embodiment, the measurement line L1 is set at the horizontal center position of the roof panel 2, and the measurement line L2 and the measurement line L3 are set at the vertical center positions of the front part 2F and the rear part 2R, respectively. However, it is not limited to this. For example, the measurement line L2 or the measurement line L3 may be set at a position where the vertical curvature is maximum or minimum.

  Furthermore, the equal dividing points for equally dividing the line segment included in the front portion 2F of the measurement line L1 into a predetermined number (4 in the present embodiment) are set as the measurement points PVF1 to PVF5. Similarly, equally divided points that divide the line segment included in the rear portion 2R into four equal parts in the measurement line L1 are set as measurement points PVR1 to PVR5. On the other hand, points dividing the measurement line L2 and the measurement line L3 into four equal parts are set as measurement points PHF1 to PHF5 and PHR1 to PHR5, respectively. In this embodiment, the equal fraction of each measurement line is set to 4, but the equal fraction can be changed as appropriate. Further, the equal fraction of the measurement line L1 may be different from the equal fraction of the measurement line L2 or the measurement line L3.

  Curvatures are obtained at the measurement points PVF1 to PVF5, PVR1 to PVR5, PHF1 to PHF5, and PHR1 to PHR5 set in this way. Specifically, the longitudinal curvature is obtained at the measurement point on the measurement line L1, and the lateral curvature is obtained at the measurement points on the measurement line L2 and the measurement line L3. That is, the longitudinal curvatures ρVF1 to ρVF5 at the measurement points PVF1 to PVF5 and the longitudinal curvatures ρVR1 to ρVR5 at the measurement points PVR1 to PVR5 are obtained. Further, the lateral curvatures ρHR1 to ρHR5 at the measurement points PHF1 to PHF5 and the lateral curvatures ρHR1 to ρHR5 at the measurement points PHR1 to PHR5 are obtained. The longitudinal curvature and the lateral curvature at each measurement point can be easily obtained from a design drawing such as a CAD drawing.

  After that, the average value of the longitudinal curvatures ρVF1 to ρVF5 is the longitudinal curvature ρVF of the front portion 2F, the average value of the longitudinal curvatures ρVR1 to ρVR5 is the average value of the longitudinal curvature ρVR of the rear portion 2R, and the average value of the lateral curvatures ρHF1 to ρHF5 An average value of the lateral curvature ρFH and the lateral curvatures ρHR1 to ρHR5 of the portion 2F is obtained as the lateral curvature ρHR of the rear portion 2R.

〔area〕
As described above, in this embodiment, the roof panel 2 is divided into the front part 2F and the rear part 2R. Therefore, the area of the roof panel 2 uses the area of the front part 2F and the area of the rear part 2R. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing how to obtain the area. As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, the virtual areas SF and SR are provided above the front part 2F and the rear part 2R of the roof panel 2 instead of obtaining the actual areas of the front part 2F and the rear part 2R of the roof panel 2. The area on the virtual surface SF when the front portion 2F is projected onto the virtual surface SF is set as the area AF of the front portion 2F, and the area on the virtual surface SR when the rear portion 2R is projected onto the virtual surface SR is set as that of the rear portion 2R. The area is AR. Thus, by obtaining the areas of the front part 2F and the rear part 2R, the areas of the front part 2F and the rear part 2R can be easily obtained from a drawing such as a CAD drawing. Of course, the actual areas of the front part 2F and the rear part 2R may be used as the areas AF and AR.

[Thickness]
Since the thickness of the roof panel 2 can be easily obtained from design drawings, specifications, etc., description thereof is omitted.

  Next, the factor showing the attachment state of the loop panel 2 and the shaping | molding ceiling 4 is demonstrated. In the present embodiment, the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 are bonded by an adhesive, and as such factors, the bonding area between the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 and the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling at the time of bonding are included. 4 is used.

[Adhesion area]
The roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 need to be securely attached so that the molded ceiling 4 does not fall off. In general, if the adhesion area between the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 is increased, the adhesion force is increased. However, if the adhesion area is increased, the weight and cost of the vehicle V are increased. Therefore, the adhesion area is determined by the balance between the required adhesion force and the weight and cost increase of the vehicle V. That is, the adhesion area is determined by the specification. Therefore, the adhesion area can be obtained from the specification document at the design stage.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the adhesive is applied linearly to the molded ceiling 4. Therefore, the adhesion area can be approximated by the product of the number N of adhesives to be applied, the application length L of the adhesive, and the thickness φ of the adhesive. In the present embodiment, similarly to the roof panel 2, the molded ceiling 4 is also divided into a front portion 4F and a rear portion 4R, and the bonding area of the front portion 4F is GF, and the bonding area of the rear portion 4F is GR.

(Gap size)
As described above, since the adhesive that bonds the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 is not applied to the entire surface of the molded ceiling 4, a gap is partially formed between the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4. . In a portion where a gap is generated between the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4, the load applied to the roof panel 2 is not supported by the molded ceiling 4, so the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 are bonded. The dent rigidity is lower than that of the point. It has been found from experiments by the inventors of the present invention that the degree of decrease in dent rigidity increases as the gap between the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 increases.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, the dimension of the gap between the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 (hereinafter referred to as the gap dimension) is used as a factor for predicting the dent rigidity. Since the gap size between the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 is not uniform, the maximum value of the gap size is used as a factor for predicting the dent rigidity in this embodiment. Moreover, in this embodiment, since the roof panel 2 is divided | segmented into the front part 2F and the rear part 2R as mentioned above, a clearance gap is also a clearance gap between the front part 2F of the roof panel 2, and the front part 4F of the shaping | molding ceiling 4. The dimension DF and the gap dimension DR between the rear part 2R of the roof panel 2 and the rear part 4R of the molded ceiling 4 are used.

  Thus, when the maximum value of the gap dimension is used, the dent stiffness at the location where the dent stiffness is the lowest can be predicted. It is preferable to design the predicted value so as to satisfy the specifications because the dent rigidity of the roof panel 2 can satisfy the specifications. In addition to the maximum value of the gap dimension, an average value of the gap dimension or other statistical values may be used.

  Note that the gap dimension can be easily obtained from the drawings, adhesion specifications, and empirical rules.

[Dent rigidity prediction]
As described above, in the present embodiment, as a factor for predicting the dent rigidity of the roof panel 2, the plate thickness and curvature (longitudinal curvature, horizontal curvature) of the roof panel 2 itself as factors determining the dent rigidity of the roof panel 2 itself. Curvature), area, and adhesion area and gap dimension as factors affected by the molded ceiling 4 are used. In the present invention, the dent stiffness is predicted by substituting these values into a predetermined relational expression. In this embodiment, a relational expression obtained by multivariate analysis is used as the predetermined relational expression.

Therefore, a predetermined relational expression can be obtained by measuring the above factors from a plurality of actual vehicles and obtaining coefficients of explanatory variables by multivariate analysis. Specifically, M actual vehicles are prepared, and the thickness Li of the roof panel 2 of the i (i = 1, 2... M) -th vehicle Vi, the longitudinal part of the front part 2F and the rear part 2R of the roof panel 2 Curvature ρVFi, ρVRi, Lateral curvature ρHFi, ρHRi, Area AFi, ARi, Adhesive area GFi between roof panel 2 and molded ceiling 4 at front part 2F of roof panel 2, Roof panel 2 and molded ceiling at rear part 2R of roof panel 2 4, the gap dimension DFi between the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 at the front part 2F of the roof panel 2, the gap dimension DRi between the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 at the rear part 2R of the roof panel 2, and the roof The allowable snow cover amount HFi as the dent rigidity of the front portion 2F of the panel 2 and the allowable snow cover amount HRi as the dent rigidity of the rear portion 2R of the roof panel 2 are obtained. Thereby, M sets of the following relational expressions representing the allowable snow cover amount of the front portion 2F and the allowable snow cover amount of the rear portion 2F of the roof panel 2 are obtained.
a1 × Li + a2 × ρVFi + a3 × HFi + a4 × AFi + a5 × GFi + a6 × DFi = HFi (1)
b1 × Li + b2 × ρVRi + b3 × HRi + b4 × ARi + b5 × GRi + b6 × DRi = HRi (2)

  The coefficients a1 to a6 and b1 to b6 are obtained by multivariate analysis from the M sets of relational expressions thus obtained.

Next, when predicting the allowable snow accumulation amount as the dent rigidity of the vehicle V at the design stage, the plate thickness L of the roof panel 2, the front portion 2F of the roof panel 2 and the Longitudinal curvature ρVF, ρVR, lateral curvature ρHF, ρHR, area AF, AR, adhesion area GF between the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 at the front part 2F of the roof panel 2, roof panel at the rear part 2R of the roof panel 2 2 and the molding ceiling 4 bonding area GR, the clearance dimension DF between the roof panel 2 and the molding ceiling 4 at the front part 2F of the roof panel 2, and the clearance dimension between the roof panel 2 and the molding ceiling 4 at the rear part 2R of the roof panel 2. Find DR. Substituting these values into equations (1) and (2),
a1 × L + a2 × ρVF + a3 × HF + a4 × AF + a5 × GF + a6 × DF = HF
b1 × L + b2 × ρVR + b3 × HR + b4 × AR + b5 × GR + b6 × DR = HR
Thus, HF and HR obtained here become the allowable snow cover amounts of the front portion 2F and the rear portion 2R of the roof panel 2 of the vehicle V.

  In the present embodiment, since the dent stiffness against snow on the roof panel 2 is predicted, the snow amount is used as the dent stiffness so that the experimenter can easily grasp the load intuitively. When the rigidity is predicted, an amount corresponding to the load may be used as the dent rigidity, or the load itself may be used as the dent rigidity.

  When the dent rigidity calculated in this way does not satisfy the specification, it is fed back to the design. When the design is changed, the dent rigidity is predicted again as described above. As a result, since the dent rigidity can be predicted at the design stage, even if the dent rigidity of the designed vehicle V is insufficient, the period from the design change to the prediction of the dent rigidity again can be shortened. . In addition, since the dent rigidity can be predicted without manufacturing a prototype vehicle, an increase in cost can be suppressed.

[Another embodiment]
In the above-described embodiment, the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 are bonded by an adhesive, and the bonding area, the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 are used as factors indicating the attachment state of the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4. Although the gap dimension is used, other values may be used as factors representing the attachment state. In particular, when the roof panel 2 and the molded ceiling 4 are coupled by another method, it is desirable that a value that accurately represents the coupling state be a factor that represents the mounting state.

  The present invention can be used to predict the dent rigidity of a vehicle roof panel to which a molded ceiling is attached.

L1, L2, L3: measuring lines PVF1 to PVF5: measuring points PVR1 to PVR5: measuring points PHF1 to PHF5: measuring points PHR1 to PHR5: measuring points ρVF1 to ρVF5: longitudinal curvatures ρVR1 to ρVR5: longitudinal curvatures ρHF1 to ρHF5: Lateral curvature ρHR1 to ρHR5: Lateral curvature ρVF, ρVR: Longitudinal curvature ρHF, ρHR: Lateral curvature SF, SR: Virtual plane AF, AR: Area V: Vehicle 1: Roof 2: Roof panel 2F: Front 2R : Rear part 4: Molded ceiling

Claims (2)

A dent stiffness prediction method for predicting a dent stiffness as a load-bearing amount of a roof panel when a substantially uniform load is applied to a roof panel of a vehicle to which a molded ceiling is attached,
Based on a factor that determines the dent rigidity of the roof panel in a state in which the molded ceiling is not attached and a factor that represents an attachment state of the molded ceiling and the roof panel, the molded ceiling is attached according to a predetermined relational expression. A dent stiffness prediction method for predicting the dent stiffness of the roof panel. The molded ceiling and the roof panel are attached by adhesion,
Factors that determine the dent rigidity of the roof panel to which the molded ceiling is not attached are the thickness of the roof panel, the area of the roof panel, and the curvature of the roof panel,
2. The dent according to claim 1, wherein the factor representing the attachment state of the molded ceiling and the roof panel is a bonding area between the molded ceiling and the roof panel and a gap dimension between the molded ceiling and the roof panel. Stiffness prediction method.

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