The main objective of this research is to improvethe design and performance of the polyurethane foam-filled thin-walled aluminum grooved circular tubes using multi-response optimization (MRO) technique. The tubes are shaped with the inner and the outer circular grooves at different positions along the axis. For this aim, several numerical simulations using ABAQUS finite element explicit code ar...

AbstractIn this paper, we investigate effect of Fe–intermetallic compounds on plastic deformation of closed-cell composite Aluminum Foam as filler of thin-walled tubes. However, deformation of the Aluminum foam-filled thin-walled tubes as crushed-box will be presented in Part (II). Composite foams of AlSi7SiC3 and AlSi7SiC3-(Fe) as closed cell were synthesized by powder metallurgy foaming metho...

Thin-walled tubular structures are widely used in industries such as automotive, aerospace and military because of their lightweight excellent performance under different loading conditions. This study aimed to investigate the lateral crushing square aluminium tubes filled with cores (honeycomb, polyurethane foam mixed these two fillers). Different failure modes tested have been observed they p...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the energy absorption behavior some reticulated tubes with different auxetic and non-auxetic wall grid patterns. Re-entrant, arrow-head anti-tetrachiral were three types cellular patterns for tubes, conventional honeycomb pattern was used tubes. All designed specimens fabricated by laser rotary cutting machine on steel crushing tests performed a universal...

In this paper, crashworthiness characteristics of conical steel tubes stiffened by annular rings and rigid polyurethane foam are investigated. For this purpose, wide circumferential rings are created from the outer surface of the conical tube at some determined areas along tube length. In fact, this method divides a long conical tube into several tubes of shorter length. When this structure is ...