An expanding energy absorber with variable thickness distribution tube is proposed and studied in this work. At first, a uniform thickness tube structure finite element (FE) model was developed and then verified by the results of an impact test. The parametric study found that outer obliquity angle β and inner obliquity angle γ have positive influence on initial peak force (Fp). While as axial distribution ratio l less than 0.1, the l has significant positive effect on Fp. The non-monotonicity of specific energy absorption (SEA) with design parameters of β and γ was found. Increasing the parameter l could obviously improve the SEA. To obtain the optimal design, an integrated optimization methodology was applied. The Pareto fronts show that there is a lot of room for improvement of original design. The optimal compromising solution increased the SEA by 12.60 % with Fp decreased by 14.24 kN comparing with that of original design. At last, the optimization result were verified. The study stated that the proposed variable thickness distribution tube of expanding energy absorber is conducive to improving the crashworthiness of rail vehicles.


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    Titel :

    Analysis and Optimization of an Expanding Energy Absorber with Variable Thickness Distribution Tube under Axial Dynamic Loading


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Int.J Automot. Technol.


    Beteiligte:
    Wang, Yanqing (Autor:in) / Wang, Shiming (Autor:in) / Hou, Lin (Autor:in) / Peng, Yong (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2022-12-01


    Format / Umfang :

    14 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch