The AE-MDB side impact barrier was developed in response to the ever-increasing size and stiffness of cars. The original prototype was made by Cellbond in 2001. It was first presented at the 2003 International Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) Conference.
The purpose of this upgrade to the test setup was to make side impact testing more representative of real-life vehicle behaviour under crash conditions.
Euro NCAP adopted the AE-MDB and it replaced the Advanced-2000 in 2015, alongside the WordSID-50M ATD. This barrier uses the same manufacturing principles as its precursor, the Advanced-2000. Crush forces, progressively changing throughout the barrier, characterise each block. This is achieved by a special manufacturing process of differential etching of the honeycomb, which was pioneered by Cellbond in 1994.
FE Model
AE-MDB barrier models are available in Shell element type, Solid element type, and Shell element type for CNCAP2018 from ARUP
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