Structural response
Follow the vehicle structure as the front end meets a rigid barrier.
Impact / Vehicle structure
Vehicle crash
demonstration.
Frontal impact of a Yaris model, simulated with MinuteSim.
Three views. One simulation. Watch the Yaris model from 3D, side and top views. Colors identify material appearance; the video shows the computed deformation.
Model source: CCSA at George Mason University · FHWA ↘
Interacting components
Component contact and self-contact accompany the evolving deformation.
A connected assembly
Spot welds connect sheet components within the vehicle structure.
Analysis at a glance
The model behind the motion.
- Model size
- 350,733 elements
372,199 nodes
- Initial speed
- 35 mph
15.65 m/s · frontal impact
- Simulation interval
- 20 ms
Computed physical time
- Execution hardware
- RTX 4060
Single NVIDIA GPU · single precision
Model and loading details
- Elements
- 334,894 shells · 11,397 solids · 4,442 beams
- Loading
- Frontal motion toward a rigid barrier at an initial speed of 15.6464 m/s.
- Analysis
- Explicit finite-element simulation in MinuteSim.
Model source & acknowledgment
A vehicle model from CCSA.
The Yaris model was developed by the Center for Collision Safety and Analysis (CCSA) at George Mason University with support from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). MinuteSim acknowledges CCSA and FHWA for making the model available.
The linked validation reference concerns the original CCSA model. This page presents a MinuteSim simulation demonstration. Yaris is a trademark of its respective owner; model identification does not imply endorsement.