Comparative analysis of crashworthiness of empty and foam-filled thin-walled tubes

Z Li, R Chen, F Lu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Quasi-static axial compression tests were conducted on two types of empty aluminum alloy
tubes (circular and square) and five types of aluminum ex-situ foam filled tube structures …

Deformation and energy absorption of aluminum foam-filled tubes subjected to oblique loading

Z Li, J Yu, L Guo - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
Research to quantify the energy absorption of empty and foam-filled tubes under oblique
loading with different loading angles and geometry parameters was carried out. Tests on …

Comparative analysis of energy absorption capacity of polygonal tubes, multi-cell tubes and honeycombs by utilizing key performance indicators

Y Xiang, T Yu, L Yang - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
With the excellent energy absorption of tubular structures, the axial crushing behavior of
tubes of various section shapes has been extensively investigated, while multi-cell tubes …

Crashworthiness analysis of double section bi-tubular thin-walled structures

K Vinayagar, AS Kumar - Thin-Walled Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
This article aims to present the crashworthiness performance of double section bi-tubular
thin-walled structures. Double section bi-tubes were made from stainless steel sheet and …

Optimization of foam-filled double circular tubes under axial and oblique impact loading conditions

F Djamaluddin, S Abdullah, AK Ariffin, ZM Nopiah - Thin-walled structures, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents the multi objective optimization of foam-filled tubular tubes under pure
axial and oblique impact loadings. In this work, the double circular tubes, whose bottom is …

Quasi-static and blast resistance performance of octet-truss-filled double tubes

W Lv, D Li - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Thin-walled filled tube is a common energy absorbing and buffering structure. In this study,
an octet-truss-filled double tubes structure was presented by filling an octet-truss core into …

Multi-objective crashworthiness optimization of square and octagonal bitubal structures including different hole shapes

S Pirmohammad, S Esmaeili-Marzdashti - Thin-Walled Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effects of hole shapes and dimensions on crashworthiness
performance of the square and octagonal bitubal structures under impact loading. Several …

[HTML][HTML] Foam-filled lightweight braided-textile reinforced and nested tubular structures for energy absorption applications

H Wang, W Wang, P Wang, F Jin, H Fan - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Composite tubular structures have excellent energy absorption (EA) and can be widely
applied in lightweight energy absorbers. Made up of thin-walled braided-textile tubes and …

Controlling energy absorption capacity of combined bitubular tubes under axial loading

A Rahi - Thin-Walled Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of geometry on the energy absorption
of aluminum tubes with different cross-section and the effect of combined bitubular tubes to …

An analytical investigation on the crushing behavior of thin-walled tubes filled with a foam with strain hardening region

SS Barzigar, H Ahmadi, GH Liaghat - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the axial crushing behavior of a foam-filled thin-walled circular tube, assuming
the strain hardening for the foam. The theoretical model is based on the super folding …