Dynamic axial crushing of empty and foam-filled conical aluminium tubes: experimental and numerical analysis

• Main Authors: Mat, Fauziah, Ismail, Khairul Azwan, Ahmad, Masniezam, Yaacob, Sazali, Inayatullah, Othman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37171/1/Dynamic%20axial%20crushing%20of%20empty%20and%20foam-filled%20conical%20aluminium%20tubes%20experimental%20and%20numerical%20analysis.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37171/; http://www.scientific.net/AMM.566.305

This paper presents the crushing behaviour of empty and foam-filled conical tubes under axial dynamic loading. A nonlinear finite element (FE) model was developed and validated against experiments. The validated model was subsequently used to assess the beneficial of foam filling with regards to the...