Thin-walled corrugated structures: A review of crashworthiness designs and energy absorption characteristics

N San Ha, G Lu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
It is widely known that the demand for lightweight structures with excellent energy absorption
capacity is paramount in numerous engineering applications. Many publications have …

A review on crashworthiness studies of crash box structure

NAZ Abdullah, MSM Sani, MS Salwani… - Thin-Walled Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Many studies have focused on the topic of vehicle safety, including the study on
crashworthiness. In vehicle, a crash box structure is an integral component for ensuring the …

Potentiality of halloysite nanoclay on crashworthiness performance of polymer composite tubular elements

MA Abd El-baky, DA Hegazy… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The recent article investigates the impact of the presence of halloysite nanoclay (HNC) on
crashworthiness performance of glass/epoxy energy absorbent composite tubes. Specimens …

[HTML][HTML] Fibre volume fraction screening of pultruded carbon fibre reinforced polymer panels based on analysis of anisotropic ultrasonic sound velocity

E Duernberger, C MacLeod, D Lines - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Composites have become the material of choice in a wide range of manufacturing
applications. Whilst ultrasound inspection is a well-established non-destructive testing …

[HTML][HTML] The energy-absorbing behaviour of composite tube-reinforced foams

J Zhou, Z Guan, WJ Cantwell - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the energy-absorbing characteristics of composite tube reinforced
PVC foam cores for use in lightweight impact-resistant sandwich structures. Compression …

[HTML][HTML] Quasi-static and dynamic crush behaviour of 3D printed thin-walled profiles reinforced with continuous carbon and glass fibres

U Morales, A Esnaola, M Iragi, L Aretxabaleta… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present paper investigates the suitability of cFF printed material and technologies for
crashworthiness applications. To this end, the quasi-static and dynamic crush behaviour of …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced mechanical properties at 400 C of carbon fabric reinforced phthalonitrile composites by high temperature postcure

BG Sun, Q Lei, Y Guo, HQ Shi, JB Sun, KX Yang… - Composites Part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phthalonitrile resins have received growing attention due to their superior thermal stability
and good structural properties required for high temperature applications in aerospace …

Void formation and suppression in CFRP laminate using newly designed ultrasonic vibration assisted RTM technique

Y Peng, M Li, X Yang - Composite Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
This study introduces an ultrasonic vibration assisted resin transfer molding (RTM)
technique as an innovative approach to address the inherent challenges associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of the semi-hexagonal geometry of a composite crush structure by finite element analysis

A Esnaola, B Elguezabal, J Aurrekoetxea… - Composites Part B …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present paper a numerical model for predicting the crushing behaviour of semi-
hexagonal E-glass/polyester composite structures has been developed. Qualitative and …

Mechanical behavior and crashworthiness assessment of corrugated inner rib reinforced tubular structures

H Zhang, W Sun - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, a novel corrugated inner rib reinforced tubular structures and a gradient design
method are proposed. The mechanical response, interaction effect and gradient effect of the …