Crashworthiness of Energy Absorbing Structures Under

2.2 Specimen Manufacturing. Ductile metals and composites are representative isotropic and anisotropic materials, respectively. As depicted in Fig. 1, the different energy absorption principles of ductile metals and composites result in inducing different crushing modes for the same geometry.For ductile metal, a design maximizing plastic deformation should be …

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Shear thickening material (STM), generally covers shear thickening fluid (STF, also called non-Newtonian fluids) and shear stiffening gel (SSG), possessed excellent protection and unique flexibility, and was extensively used in the modification of protective materials, e.g. filled honeycomb materials [11] and impregnated fabric composites [35].

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Crashworthy capability of composite material structures

Mamalis et al. [22,24,25] report that friction mechanisms which are developed between the composite material and the crushing surface and between the various 'new' surfaces which have formed after interlaminar crack growth (adjacent lamina bundles), are also affected by the strain-rate. Furthermore, they report that Crashworthy capability of ...

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Energy Absorption and Failure Modes of Different Composite …

In order to study the energy absorption characteristics of the open-section thin-walled composite structures with different cross-sections, axial compression tests were carried out at loading speeds of 0.01 m/s, 0.1 m/s, and 1 m/s. Finite element models were built to predict the crushing response and energy absorption behaviors of these open-section structures. The …

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CZone is a state-of-the-art methodology for simulating the crushing response of composite materials and allows to analyze crushable carbon composite structures that absorb energy during impact. Crushing zone is the area where the composite material may crush against an …

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Numerical simulation of the crushing process of composite materials

A numerical model for the crushing simulation of fibre-reinforced composite materials is proposed in this work. The progression of the main cracks is modelled using a new formulation of finite decohesion elements, that allows to correctly account for the energy involved in the cracking process.

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Material crushing behaviour of pultruded GFRP stub columns

Understanding material crushing behaviour is crucial to develop precise and reliable design provisions. ... Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials ...

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Energy Absorption and Failure Modes of Different Composite …

Figure 5 shows the finite element model of composite open-section thin-walled structures under axial crushing loads. The composite laminated material is simulated using continuous shell elements (SC8R) with a mesh size of 1.5 mm. These composite specimens are composed of sixteen layers, and a two-layer unidirectional strip is set for each layer.

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Finite element simulation of axial crushing of flat and C-channel

All the crushing test data (load, displacement and velocity history curves) is shared in the Crashworthiness working group (CWG) consortium of the Composite material handbook (CMH17). Flat crush coupons are tested at the University of Utah and the C-channels are tested at the John H. Glenn Research Center of the National aeronautics and ...

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Selective crushing. Brittle materials such as glass and minerals are finely shredded and/or pulverized via impact and shearing forces; Shaping of metals into balls. Possible to pelletize even ductile materials due to high levels of …

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Development of a numerical material model for axial crushing …

For metallic materials, capability of energy absorption mainly comes from plastic deformation of structures, while composites show higher SEA values due to fragmentation and destruction of materials [14].During the crushing process of composite structures, materials fail through continuous fracture propagation and energy dissipation in the loading direction [15], …

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Axial and lateral crushing of the filament wound laminated composite

Adv. Composite Mater., Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 171 – 192 (2002) Ó VSP 2002. Also available online - m Axial and lateral crushing of the lament wound laminated composite curved compound system E. MAHDI 1;¤, A. M. S. HAMOUDA 2 and B. B. SAHARI 2 1 Aerospace Engineering Department, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, …

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Crashworthiness characteristic of aluminum/composite hybrid …

The collapse behavior of composite fiber materials in energy-absorbing tubes demonstrates progressive crushing and fracture patterns [13, 14]. Natural fiber-reinforced composites in hybrid tubes offer several advantages, including high impact resistance, a high strength-to-weight ratio, ease of installation, malleability, and lightweight ...

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Crashworthiness of flax and hybrid composite tubes subjected to …

In particular, composites undergo a distinct crushing behavior compared to structural components made from conventional materials. While metals typically collapsing through buckling and/or folding, forming the so-called concertina and diamonds pattern, with extensive plastic deformation, composites, undergoing various fracture mechanisms and ...

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Crushing behavior of GFRP composite-reinforced PVC

One of the most significant developments in materials research has been the creation of composite materials and innovative production methods [18], [19], [20], [21].Among these, circular cross-section tubes are the most common and extensively studied due to their ease of manufacture [22].Numerous studies have attempted to investigate the failure …

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A mesoscale composite damage model, with new non-linear shear constitutive laws, which combines a range of novel techniques to accurately capture the material response under crushing, is presented.

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Axial Crushing Behavior of Braided Carbon/Polyurethane Composite Tubes

A composite material consisting of carbon fiber fabric and polyurethane resin was used to fabricate circular tubes by resin transfer molding. The composite tubes were tested under both axial static compression and axial impact. To establish delamination criterion for this composite material, short-beam tests and curved-beam tests were executed, and it was …

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In-plane compression response of filled re-entrant auxetic

To enhance the crushing strength and energy absorption ability, filled structures were developed, which demonstrate desirable mechanical performance under impact loading[12,13,14,15].Recently, Yan et al.[] carried out an out-of-plane uniform compression test, and the results indicated that filling plays the role in reducing the level of elastoplastic …

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(PDF) Crushing behavior of GFRP composite-reinforced PVC …

However, these corrugated specimens showed instability during crushing, reflected in poor instantaneous crush force efficiency (iCFE) and the lowest iCFE among the composite tubes, with an average ...

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Predicting the crushing behaviour of composite material …

1 Predicting the crushing behaviour of composite material using high-fidelity finite element modelling Wei Tan, Brian G. Falzon*, Mark Price School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Ashby Building, Belfast, BT9 5AH, UK

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Geometric effects on the crashworthiness of composite Kresling …

The energy absorption during the crushing behavior of a thin-walled tube made from brittle composite materials differs from that of a ductile tube due to its anisotropic material properties and the distinct failure modes arising from the composite's complex internal structure, composed of fibers and matrix.

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Dynamic Response and Failure of Composite Materials

This book gathers the latest advances and innovations in the field of dynamic loads and testing of composite materials and sandwich structures, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the 5th International Symposium on Dynamic Response and Failure of Composite Materials (DRAF), held in Ischia, Italy, on June 17–21, 2024.

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Recyclable Technology of Thermosetting Resins for High Thermal

The continuous boron nitride pathway with efficient thermal conductivity endows eco-friendly composite materials with a preeminent thermal conductivity of ... was developed for the conversion of waste thermoset epoxy into high-value-added high thermal conductivity insulating composites. With physical crushing of waste epoxy resin into different ...

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EFFECTIVE CRUSHING SIMULATION FOR COMPOSITE …

And so simulation of composite crushing failure can prove difficult using conventional finite element methods. Advanced Simulation Technology CZone technology has been developed to bridge the gap between experimental observations regarding a composite material's ability to absorb energy in an impact scenario and the need to also understand ...

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Experimental evaluation on the axial crushing performance of …

composite material, bamboo wood composite material, bamboo straw composite material and so on [3]. Engineered bamboo products can partly replace traditional concrete, metal or plastic in different . Li et al ... crushing performance of BFRP-bamboo winding composite hollow components, fill the gap of axial ...

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Dynamic crushing of composite coupons: An …

Dynamic crushing of composites is studied proposing an optimised experimental design: flat, millimetre-scale specimens reduce geometrical influences and facilitate detailed numerical studies. Crushing behaviour is …

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Axial quasi-static crushing of composite tubes: An investigation …

However, due to the complex structure of composite materials, simulating CFRP composite structures requires more advanced constitutive models and it is more time consuming. ... During axial crushing, composite tubes exhibited a splaying crushing mode that can be characterized with transverse tears, inwards and outwards fronds. ...

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Crushing of Composite Structures: Experiment and Simulation

mechanisms that can occur within the material. Composite structures fail through a combination of fracture mechanisms, which involve fiber fracture, matrix cracking, fiber-matrix debonding, and delamination [1]. The brittle failure modes of many polymeric composite materials can make the design of energy-absorbing crushable structures difficult.

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