A review of the crashworthiness performance of energy absorbing composite structure within the context of materials, manufacturing and maintenance for …

CW Isaac, C Ezekwem - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy absorbing structures made from composite materials are lightweight, fuel
economical and environmentally friendly. In spite of these advantages, some issues have to …

A review on optimization of composite structures Part II: Functionally graded materials

S Nikbakht, S Kamarian, M Shakeri - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Functionally Graded (FG) structures are a novel design through which the material
properties vary smoothly and this feature leads these structures to have better mechanical or …

[HTML][HTML] Energy absorption characteristics of functionally graded polymer-based lattice structures filled aluminum tubes under transverse impact loading

Y Nian, S Wan, P Zhou, X Wang, R Santiago, M Li - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper aims to evaluate the potential use of an innovative functionally graded lattice-
filled composite beam composed of axial and radial graded three-dimensional lattice cores …

Experimental study on the crashworthiness of bio-inspired aluminum foam-filled tubes under axial compression loading

J Song, S Xu, L Xu, J Zhou, M Zou - Thin-Walled Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
As a lightweight and efficient energy-absorbing structure, thin-walled filled structure is widely
used in various fields. This paper proposed four types of bio-inspired foam-filled thin-walled …

Experimental study on energy absorption of bionic tubes inspired by bamboo structures under axial crushing

BC Chen, M Zou, GM Liu, JF Song, HX Wang - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
We report an experimental study on three new types of tubes inspired by the cross-section
and nodes of bamboo with the aim of improving the crashworthiness of three types of …

Experiment and numerical simulation study on the bionic tubes with gradient thickness under oblique loading

J Song, S Xu, J Zhou, H Huang, M Zou - Thin-Walled Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
A class of bionic gradient thickness (BGT) tubes with 2 cross-sectional shapes (circle and
rectangle) are proposed. The energy absorption and deformation modes of four thin-walled …

Bionic design and multi-objective optimization for variable wall thickness tube inspired bamboo structures

JF Song, SC Xu, HX Wang, XQ Wu, M Zou - Thin-Walled Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
This study introduces an energy absorbing structure called a variable thickness structure
(VTS) inspired by the gradient of thickness and the inter-nodal distance along the growth …

How does bio-inspired graded honeycomb filler affect energy absorption characteristics?

Y Nian, S Wan, X Li, Q Su, M Li - Thin-Walled Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Functionally graded structures are widely observed in nature and have been considered to
have excellent mechanical properties. In this paper, a novel bio-inspired graded honeycomb …

Design of energy-dissipating structure with functionally graded auxetic cellular material

W Hou, X Yang, W Zhang, Y Xia - International Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Energy-dissipating structures are widely used in automotive and aerospace engineering.
Novel design for energy-dissipating structures using gradient auxetic cellular material is …

The effect of percent foam fill ratio on the energy absorption capacity of axially compressed thin-walled multi-cell square and circular tubes

M Altin, MA Güler, SK Mert - International journal of mechanical sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of foam fill ratio on the energy absorption capacity of axially
compressed thin-walled multi-cell square and circular tubes is investigated. In the …