Finite Element Modeling Research and Development

The purpose of this contract is to provide research data so that NHTSA can achieve its mission of reducing death and injuries on American roadways. The scope of this contract is to develop and exercise crash simulations of vehicle safety research tests to assist in predict the impact of potential safety implications. These efforts will include full vehicle laser scanning and tear down for the development of new finite element models, material testing to define the behavior of vehicle materials under impact conditions, mesh development, and part integration to develop full vehicle and vehicle component finite element models. Some tasks may involve the use of lumped parameter modeling software such as MADYMO, but majority of NHTSA's anticipated crash simulation efforts will involve non-linear finite element analysis. These research and development efforts shall be obtained through Task Orders issued under this contract.