Over the past several decades, a noticeable amount of research efforts has been directed to
minimising injuries and death to people inside a structure that is subjected to an impact …

Optimization for structural crashworthiness and energy absorption has become an important
topic of research attributable to its proven benefits to public safety and social economy. This …

The optimization of foam-filled crash boxes is desired to enhance the energy-absorbing
capacity of frontal crash management systems and improve vehicle crash safety. A novel …

This paper describes a computationally aided design process of a thin wall structure subject
to dynamic compression in both axial and oblique directions. Several different cross …

Multi-cell thin-wall structures have drawn increasing attention and been widely applied in
automotive and aerospace industries for their significant advantages in high energy …

The axial crushing of hollow multi-cell columns were studied analytically and numerically. A
theoretical solution for the mean crushing force of multi-cell sections were derived, and the …

In order to improve the energy absorption (EA) performance of thin-walled structures and
overcome defects of a large peak impact force and large load fluctuation of multi-tube …

Thin-walled structures have exhibited significant advantages in light weight and energy
absorption and been widely applied in automotive, aerospace, transportation and defense …

This present study investigates experimentally and numerically the crush response and
energy absorption performances of auxetic foam-filled square tubes under quasi-static axial …

This study unveils a novel interaction effect in the foam-filled CFRP tapered tubes that
enhances their specific energy absorption (SEA), challenging the conventional …