B-pillar Revision Project

Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Capstone Senior Design Team

 

B-pillar Revision Project

Team Members: David Daavettila, Nicholas Jensen, Tyler Kuyper,

Paul Roehm, and Yakun Wang, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Advisor: Paul van Susante, Mechanical Engineering-

Engineering Mechanics

Sponsor: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

 

Project Overview

Chrysler needs to produce vehicles with topend

technology and minimum mass at a higher

frequency than current design methods permit.

A B-pillar is a structural member connecting the

rocker panel to the roof panel, located between

the front and rear doors of a four-door vehicle.

Our team has been asked to create a simple and

accurate analysis method for comparing relative

B-pillar attributes during initial vehicle design.

Efficiency will be improved by using this method.

Done