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Bending and local buckling of open-section thin-walled beams

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Yang Li, Zhong You, “Open-section origami beams for energy absorption”, International Journal of Mechanical Science, Vol. 157-158, pp 741-757, July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2019.05.006

ABSTRACT: A series of novel open-section beams employing origami geometries were developed. These beams overcame the Brazier's effect, and they can provide more constant bending resistance and overall higher energy absorption than conventional open-section beams. Numerical simulations and experiments were used to validate these designs and showed that properly designed origami beams can achieve 23.0–40.0% higher energy absorption and 12.7–20.7% lower load uniformity than conventional beams under quasi-static loading.

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