Safety System Integration for Supercar

Project management for the passive safety simulation and testing programme on a class leading high-performance supercar.

MIRA and McLaren adopted an innovative approach to the development of the SLR integrating CAE and test; with the CAE leading the development of the passive safety aspects in parallel with the structural development of the SLR.

Customer Requirements

To ensure the SLR met the most exacting safety standards, for the global market.
The goals of the MIRA/McLaren Passive Safety Development were:

• To guide the body design in developing a crashworthy structure.
• To specify the principal structural energy absorption characteristics, to dissipate the crash energy in a controlled and progressive manner and minimise passenger
  cell intrusion.
• To provide detailed predictions of vehicle acceleration and intrusion levels for occupant injury assessment.
• To assess and support the development of the restraint systems to meet the Safety requirements for a ‘Global Vehicle’.
• To ensure the effectiveness of the restraint systems in various crash scenarios.
  

Further details of this project and the sophisticated passive safety system are included in this article extracted from MIRA's 2006 technology book:

McLaren Passive Safety (.pdf 209Kb)