Honda R&D established a method for dynamically predicting minor motorcycle collisions using FEM. The report describes a technology aimed at reducing the cost of testing actual-vehicle collisions and improving development efficiency.
While prediction and evaluation technologies have advanced in the four-wheel vehicle field, minor collision tests have been conducted to assess the frame strength of motorcycles, their basic structural framework. Actual-vehicle tests during development are costly for each vehicle and could also require changes to the basic layout.
This paper attempts to dynamically predict plastic deformation in motorcycle bodies during minor collisions using FEM (finite element method) and explains that it established a practical prediction method.
The collision simulation is limited to motorcycles, and the paper explicitly states that it does not include research on rider behavior. The study is included in Honda R&D Technical Review Vol.5, on pages 123-130.