Hood design-Week 2

Hood Design and Assembly

Hood assembly covers the front area of the vehicle and gives access to the engine and other parts of the car while opening.

Hood Assembly consists of:

• Hood outer panel
• Hood inner panel
• Hinge Assembly
• Striker

Hood inner panel consists of embosses and mastic points, location for attachment of striker and hinges, Embosses are created to weaken the area that is in the impact region of the pedestrian collision.

Definning Striker Location:

creating a line along the axis of hinge rotation and from the midpoint a circle is created.

Also a line that is tangent to the circle

The above profile is projected on to face for creating emboss.

Next,

The Hood Outer panel is hemmed with the hood inner panel with relief at the corners.

Reinforcements:

Reinforcements are used in the weaker sections to increase the strength of the assembly.

Final Assembly: