Recent developments in the aircraft industry towards substantially improving fuel economy
and extending flight range have accelerated interest in the use of advanced composites as …

The crashworthy design, verification, and certification of civil aircraft fuselage structures are
extremely important for the aviation safety and the survivability of crew and passengers in a …

This study aims to explore the crushing behavior of aluminum (AL)-carbon fiber reinforced
plastic (CFRP) tubes with different hybrid configurations subjected to quasi-static and …

The choice for a proper external trigger and fiber hybridization configuration has a significant
impact on the stability of the crushing process and material cost for composite structures in …

This study aims to investigate crashworthiness and energy-absorbing capacity of CFRP
multi-cell structures under the quasi-static axial loading. In the present study, CFRP single …

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 …

Quasi-static tests were performed on carbon reinforced composite tubes to examine their
axial crushing response. Stable progressive crushing processes with brittle fracturing …

Composite tubular structures are of interest as viable energy absorbing components in
vehicular front rail structures to improve crashworthiness. Desirable tools in designing such …

This article reports on the manufacturing, experimental testing, and finite element analysis of
very thick and long carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) tubes under uniaxial …

Damage in carbon fibers/Epoxy laminate composites containing carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
is described. This investigation presents the third part of paper series on composite …