Lightweight metallic cellular materials (MCMs) have been seen in numerous engineering
applications to date, primarily due to their excellent mechanical characteristics such as low …

Over the past few decades, there has been a constant pursuit for lightweight and high-
performance energy absorption structures and materials in automobiles, trains, ships …

Energy absorbing structures made from composite materials are lightweight, fuel
economical and environmentally friendly. In spite of these advantages, some issues have to …

The energy absorption potential of conventional thin-walled tubes is compromised by the
long-wavelength folding lobes, which result in a mean crushing force that is much smaller …

This work aimed to investigate progressive collapse behaviors and mechanisms of the 3D
printed thin-walled composite structures under quasi-static compression and dynamic …

To meet the growing demands for structural lightweight and safety, metal-foam-composite
hybrid tubular sandwich structures, which combine low-cost metallic materials and high …

In order to improve the crashworthiness and energy absorption performance, this paper
introduces the structural bionics to the structural design of crash box and proposes a novel …

Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) have shown
great promise in the design of light-weight thin-walled energy absorbers. Herein, circular …

In the present study, thin-walled tubes filled with aluminum foam and CFRP skeleton
(FCFTs) are developed and manufactured based on a multiple material system. The …

Composite structures combine the advantages of multiple materials, which can improve the
structural crashworthiness performance. This paper aims to combine the high strength of …