Lightweight materials and structures have attracted tremendous interests for their compelling
advantages in a range of engineering problems that have placed heightened requirements …

Currently, the application of pultruded profiles is increasing owing to their advantages, such
as light weight, high strength, improved durability, corrosion resistance, ease of …

Natural fibres, valued for their low density, cost-effectiveness, high strength-to-weight ratio,
and efficient energy absorption, are increasingly emerging as alternatives to synthetic …

Sandwich tube structures bio-mimicking horsetail and human tendons offered significant
improvement over traditional single and multi-cell tubular energy absorbers. The present …

Abstract Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites (CFRPs) with light weights absorbed a large
quantity of energy through the progressive crushing modes by a combination of multi micro …

Despite the abundance of studies investigating the performance of composite structures
under crush loading, disagreement remains in the literature regarding the effect of increased …

The energy absorption characteristics of graphite/epoxy tubes of circular cross sections,
subjected to quasi-static axial compression, were experimentally investigated. Tubes with …

Composite materials have been known for its low density, ease in fabrication, high structural
rigidity, and wide range applications, ie aeronautic applications and automotive industry …

This study presents experimental and numerical investigations on the effects of composite
ply angle, thickness and number of layers on energy absorption behavior of adhesively …

This work experimentally investigates the quasi‐static crush response and energy
absorption of glass‐reinforced epoxy thin‐walled crash box filled with nano‐aluminum oxide …