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Corrugated tube under axial impact and energy absorption

FROM:
Zhifeng Liu (1), Wenqian Hao (1), Jiamiao Xie (2), Jingshuai Lu (1), Rui Huang (1) and Zhihua Wang (1)
(1) Institute of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
(2) School of Mechanics and Civil & Architecture, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China

“Axial-impact buckling modes and energy absorption properties of thin-walled corrugated tubes with sinusoidal patterns”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 94, pp 410-423, 2015

ABSTRACT: Corrugated tubes with sinusoidal patterns were studied to improve the energy absorption properties of traditional circular tubes and reduce the initial peak force. The effects of the radius-thickness ratio, wavelength, and amplitude of corrugated tubes under an axial impact were determined using the LS- DYNA. The numerical simulations show that tube deformation can be classified into three crushed modes, namely, dynamic asymptotic buckling, dynamic plastic buckling, and transition buckling. The theoretical equation for dynamic plastic buckling was developed to predict the impact force using certain assumptions. The theoretical prediction results are consistent with the findings of the numerical simulations.

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