Crashworthiness design of functionally graded thickness thin-walled tubes under lateral loading

Ahmad  Baroutaji; Arun  Arjunan; Mark  Stanford; Abed  Alaswad; Hussam  Achour; Mohammad Ghaleeh; Abdul  Ghani Olabi

Crashworthiness design of functionally graded thickness thin-walled tubes under lateral loading

Ahmad Baroutaji, Arun Arjunan, Mark Stanford, Abed Alaswad, Hussam Achour, Mohammad Ghaleeh, Abdul Ghani Olabi

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Abstract

Functionally Graded Thickness (FGT) structures are receiving increased attention for crashworthiness applications due to their outstanding energy absorption behaviour and light-weight characteristics. Accordingly, this paper evaluates the crashworthiness performance of FGT circular tube under quasi-static lateral loading. Implicit Finite Element (FE) code, ANSYS, was used to conduct numerical crush tests on the tubes. The accuracy of the FE predictions was validated using experimental test data obtained under similar boundary conditions. The crashworthiness responses of FGT tube were compared against those of a Uniform Thickness (UT) tube. The results showed that the energy absorption characteristics of FGT tube outperform the UT tube.

Original language	English
Journal	6th International Conference on Materials Science and Smart Materials
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 12 Jan 2020

Dr Mohammad Ghaleeh
- mohammad.ghaleehnorthampton.acuk
- University of Northampton, Technology - Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering & Design
- Centre for Advanced and Smart Technologies
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