Crushing modes of aluminium tubes under axial compression
Soft Condensed Matter
2017-04-25 v2
Abstract
A numerical study of the crushing of circular aluminium tubes with and without aluminium foam fillers has been carried out to investigate their buckling behaviours under axial compression. A crushing mode classification chart has been established for empty tubes. The influence of boundary conditions on crushing mode has also been investigated. The effect of foam filler on the crushing mode of tubes filled with foam was then examined. The predicted results would assist the design of crashworthy tube components with the preferred crushing mode with the maximum energy absorption.
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@article{arxiv.1408.5390,
title = {Crushing modes of aluminium tubes under axial compression},
author = {Florent Pled and Wenyi Yan and Cui'E Wen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.5390},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
6 pages, 5th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 2007), Brisbane : Australia (2007)