Failure mechanism and crashworthiness optimization of variable stiffness nested origami crash box

S **ng, Z Jiang, J Zhao, X Sun, Y Wang - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2025 - Elsevier
In recent years, the study of the crashworthiness of lightweight and efficient thin-walled
energy-absorbing structures has received increasing attention. In this work, 3D printing …

Bio-inspired thin-walled energy absorber adapted from the xylem structure for enhanced vehicle safety

A Saber, MA Güler, M Altin, E Acar - Journal of the Brazilian society of …, 2024 - Springer
Throughout evolution, plants and animals have optimized their structure to thrive in a wide
range of extreme environments, offering natural structures with both low mass and high …

Energy absorption of a novel auxetic structure reinforced by embedding tubes

J Zhou, Q Gao, L Wang, X Zheng, H Lv, Z Ma… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
To enhance structural crashworthiness while achieving lightweight design, this paper
proposes a novel configuration that embeds a thin-walled square tube into auxetic structure …

Structural design and crashworthiness analysis of axial cutting coupled radial extrusion tube

S **e, Z Liu, H Wang, K **g, G He - Journal of Constructional Steel …, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to address the energy absorption (EA) issue caused by limited installation space, a
circular tube EA structure with axial cutting coupled radial extrusion (ACCRE) deformation …

Hierarchical multi-cell hexagonal tubes under oblique crushing

Z Gao, F **a, J Li, D Ruan - Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
Bio-inspired structures have been extensively studied under axial compression; however,
limited studies investigating their crushing performance under oblique compression. In this …

The Effect of Energy Components Modifications on the Crashworthiness of Thin-Walled Structures

M Rogala, J Gajewski - Advances in Science and Technology …, 2024 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
Thin-walled structures that serve as energy absorbers are widely used in the automotive
industry, and it is wellknown that they deform in a specific way under dynamic loading …

Crashworthiness analysis of a novel transverse double-gradient hierarchical multi-cellular square tube

J Qian, Y Hou, X Deng - … Based Design of Structures and Machines, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents an innovative design approach for a square multicellular tube,
incorporating the concepts of gradient hierarchical design and tree fractals. The design …

Bionic design of thin-walled bilinear tubes with excellent crashworthiness inspired by glass sponge structures

Y Liu, M Zou, Y Qi, L Chen, Z Wang… - Bioinspiration & …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to enhance energy absorption, this study draws inspiration from the diagonal
bilinear robust square lattice structure found in deep-sea glass sponges, proposing a design …