Energy absorption and crushing behaviour of foam-filled aluminium tubes

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Title: Energy absorption and crushing behaviour of foam-filled aluminium tubes
Author(s): Yamada, Yasuo; Banno, Takumi; Xie, Zhenkai; Wen, Cui'e
Abstract: The crushing behaviour and energy absorption of foam filled aluminium tubular structures were investigated using the quasi-static compressive tests. The crushing behaviour of the tubular structures changed due to foam filling. The energy absorption of the foam filled tubular structures was improved significantly. Foam filling caused an interaction effect between the tube and the foam during progressive crushing, leading to an increase in the mean crushing load compared to that of the foam or tube itself. This interaction effect might be affected by several parameters such as the density of the foam, the properties of both the foam material and tube material, and the thickness and outer diameter of the tube. In particular, the interaction effect essentially depended on the ratio of the mean crushing force of the foam to that of the tube.
Publication type: Journal article
Source: Materials Transactions, Vol. 46, no. 12 (2005), pp. 2633-2636
Publication year: 2005
FOR Code(s): 0912 Materials Engineering
Keyword(s): Aluminium foam; Concertina mode; Diamond mode; Foam-filled metal tubes; Interaction effect; Porous materials
Publisher: Nihon Kinzoku Gakkai
ISSN: 1345-9678
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.46.2633
Peer reviewed