en سازه و بدنه Body structure and systems پژوهشي Research Parametric design optimization of an automotive body crashworthiness improvement is presented. The thicknesses of parts are employed as design variables for optimization whose objective is to increase the maximum deceleration value of the vehicle center of gravity during an impact. Using the Taguchi method, this study analyzes the optimum conditions for design objectives and the impact factors and their optimal levels are obtained by a range analysis of the experiment results. A full frontal impact is implemented for the crashworthiness simulation in the nonlinear dynamic code, LS-DYNA. The controllable factors used in this study consist of the six inside foreheads structural parts, while design parameters are relevant thicknesses. The most interestingly the maximum deceleration of the vehicle center of gravity is reduced by 20% during a full frontal impact while several parts experience mass reduction. Design Optimization, Design of Experiments, Automotive Crashworthiness, Taguchi Method 165 172 http://ase.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-48-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 M. Abbasi 18003194753284600373 18003194753284600373 No R. Kazemi milad.abbasi@hotmail.com 18003194753284600374 18003194753284600374 Yes A. Ghafari Nazari 18003194753284600375 18003194753284600375 No