Thin-walled corrugated structures: A review of crashworthiness designs and energy absorption characteristics

N San Ha, G Lu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
It is widely known that the demand for lightweight structures with excellent energy absorption
capacity is paramount in numerous engineering applications. Many publications have …

On the crashworthiness of thin-walled multi-cell structures and materials: State of the art and prospects

R Yao, T Pang, B Zhang, J Fang, Q Li, G Sun - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, there has been a constant pursuit for lightweight and high-
performance energy absorption structures and materials in automobiles, trains, ships …

[BOOK][B] Energy absorption of structures and materials

G Lu, TX Yu - 2003 - books.google.com
This important study focuses on the way in which structures and materials can be best
designed to absorb kinetic energy in a controllable and predictable manner. Understanding …

Dynamic progressive buckling of circular and square tubes

W Abramowicz, N Jones - International Journal of Impact Engineering, 1986 - Elsevier
A series of over 120 axial crushing tests were conducted on circular and square steel tubes
loaded either statically or dynamically. Approximate theoretical predictions for static and …

Energy absorption of thin walled tube filled with gradient auxetic structures-theory and simulation

Q Gao, WH Liao - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, auxetic structures have been applied in the energy absorption field due to
the unique mechanical properties. Inspired by foam filled structures, this study proposes a …

Crashworthiness optimization of crash box with 3D-printed lattice structures

W Hou, P He, Y Yang, L Sang - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Crash boxes are important energy-absorbing components to ensure the passive safety of
automobile vehicles during crashworthiness. The current study presents an investigation of …

The axial crushing performance of bio-inspired hierarchical multi-cell hexagonal tubes

Z Gao, H Zhang, J Zhao, D Ruan - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Both the concepts of bio-inspiration and hierarchy are found to be effective in enhancing the
crushing performance of tubes. In this paper, the bio-inspired hierarchical multi-cell …

Collapsible impact energy absorbers: an overview

AAA Alghamdi - Thin-walled structures, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the common shapes of collapsible energy absorbers and the different
modes of deformation of the most common ones. Common shapes include circular tubes …

Quasi-static axial compression of thin-walled circular aluminium tubes

SR Guillow, G Lu, RH Grzebieta - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper presents further experimental investigations into axial compression of thin-walled
circular tubes, a classical problem studied for several decades. A total of 70 quasi-static tests …

Geometric design, deformation mode, and energy absorption of patterned thin-walled structures

J Ma, S Chai, Y Chen - Mechanics of Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Thin-walled structures have been widely applied as energy absorption devices due to their
lightweight, high energy dissipating capability through large deformation, and low cost. The …