Seatbelts in automotive simulations – Lesson 4

How to represent seatbelts for an automotive simulation in Ansys LS-DYNA® nonlinear dynamics structural simulation software?

Appropriate modelling of seatbelts can be necessary for accurate automotive crash simulations. Ther are 2 ways of modeling seatbelts in Ansys LS-DYNA software.

  1. Single-Line or Segment belts using beam elements.
  2. Fabric belts using 2D shell elements.

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