Hood design-Week 2

Hood Design:

The hinged cover that rests over the engine of a front-engine vehicle is called a hood.

Design of hood has cto be done by consedering many parameters like passanger safety as well as the4 pedesterian safety.

While consedering the passenger safety the the hood should be designed such that the impact should't be towards the passanger, while it should be away from the passanger. That is the force impact should be outwards.

The major safety consern for the pedestrian is the head impact of the pedestrian. The head impact distance vary for the child as well as for the adults.

The child head impact zone is between 1000 to 1700 mm WAD and the adult head impact zone ranges between 1700 to 2100 mm WAD.

Design of the Hood:

The edesign starts with the addition of parts like the outer hood surface the hinge and the stricker to the assembly work bench.