Project Areas

Passenger Cars

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Interior Design

Vehicle interiors have an important role to play in contributing to occupant comfort and protection. Engineers can use the interior components to aid them in designing the mechanisms that transfer the forces and energy from a vehicle structure to an occupant with reduced risk of injuries.

CIC has the expertise to develop concepts through to final designs in order to make the passenger cell a safer place during a crash.

The strength and energy absorption properties of the components together with their geometry is developed using the latest CAE tools (including OASYS-DYNA3D, PAM-CRASH, MADYMO, IDEAS and HYPERMESH) into computer models that enable CIC's engineers to examine and optimise the features and characteristics of the interior components.

Component testing plays its part in the techniques used by CIC and guarantees that models represent the true physical reality of the interior parts.