Advancement in design and failure analysis of aluminium foam-filled honeycomb crash absorbers

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dc.contributor.authorValente, Goncalo
dc.contributor.authorGhasemnejad, Hessam
dc.contributor.authorSrimanosaowapak, S.
dc.contributor.authorWatson, James W.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-21T15:56:50Z
dc.date.available2023-03-21T15:56:50Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-01
dc.description.abstractHoneycomb structures are frequently used as energy absorption devices in the automotive and aerospace industry. Many studies have been conducted to optimise these structures and improve crashworthiness behaviour. This paper attempts to improve the crashworthiness behaviour of a honeycomb crash box by filling the cells with open-cell aluminium foams. Experimental tests were conducted to develop the honeycomb and aluminium foam material model and, also, to validate the finite element model by experimental data. The finite element model was developed in ABAQUS, and different variables were parameterised to aim a quick implementation. The empty aluminium honeycomb crash box is used as a term of comparison with the foam-filled ones. Foam-filling the crash box allows the control of the densification zone for different impact energies using open-cell aluminium foam, which shows the main novelty of this research. In the end, the optimised structure is presented concerning the optimum number of foam-filled cells and, also, to the aluminium foam’s density that best fits this application.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationValente G, Ghasemnejad H, Srimanosaowapak S, Watson JW. (2023) Advancement in design and failure analysis of aluminium foam-filled honeycomb crash absorbers. Applied Composite Materials, Volume 30, Issue 3, June 2023, pp. 705–726en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0929-189X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-023-10116-w
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/19334
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectaluminium honeycomben_UK
dc.subjectaluminium foamen_UK
dc.subjectimpacten_UK
dc.subjectFEMen_UK
dc.subjectoptimisationen_UK
dc.titleAdvancement in design and failure analysis of aluminium foam-filled honeycomb crash absorbersen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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