Thin-walled structures are major energy-absorbing components on the vehicle for crashworthiness. Most of the past and current research works on such structures are focused on their behaviour under single and simple loading conditions such as axial impact, and their deformation mode/failure under combined and complex loading conditions are much less studied. In this paper, we used numerical models to analyze the structural response and energy-absorbing performance of a novel octagonal thin-walled sandwich tube under oblique impact at various impact angles. The effect of key geometric parameters (internal reinforced plate thickness t1 and external wall thickness t2) on the overall structural behaviour (i.e. specific energy absorption and peak crush force) was discussed in detail. Based on the numerical model, a multi-objective optimisation was further performed to enhance its performance. The results indicate that the optimal design would be different based on various impact angles, and the effect of key geometric parameters are also the functions of impact angle. Specifically, the optimal t1 at the impact angles of 0°, 10°, 20° and 30° are 1.92, 1.93, 2.00 and 0.84 mm, respectively, while optimal t2 are identical, and equal to 2.40 mm at each angle. These findings would provide a valuable guideline for the design of thin-walled energy absorbers under multiple oblique loading.


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    Title :

    Optimal design of a crashworthy octagonal thin-walled sandwich tube under oblique loading


    Contributors:
    Bai, Zhonghao (author) / Liu, Jun (author) / Zhu, Feng (author) / Wang, Feihu (author) / Jiang, Binhui (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2015-07-04


    Size :

    11 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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