An Investigation on Crashworthiness Design of Aluminium Columns with Damage Criteria

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An Investigation on Crashworthiness Design of Aluminium Columns with Damage Criteria

Ali Dadrasi

Author Affiliations

¹ Department of Mechanics, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, IRAN

Res. J. Recent Sci., Volume 1, Issue (7), Pages 19-24, July,2 (2012)

Abstract

This paper presents a crashworthiness design of aluminium columns with damage criteria. A parametric study is performed to study the effect of loading and geometrical parameters. The effect of impact mass, impact velocity, side length, thickness and length of columns are investigated numerically. The numerical analysis carried out by Abaqus software and is compared by literature.

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[ref3] Hou S.J., Li Q., Long S.Y., Yang X.J. and Li, W., Design optimization of regular hexagonal thin-walled columns with crashworthiness criteria, Finite Elem Anal Des, 43, 555–565 (2007)

[ref4] Allahbakhsh H.R., Shariati M. and Saemi J., Crashworthiness Optimization of Foam-filled and Empty Spot-welded Columns, Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 4(12) 6404-6411(2010)

[ref5] AL Galib D., and Limam A., Experimental and numerical investigation of static and dynamic axial crushing of circular aluminum tubes, Thin walled struct., 42,1103–37 (2004)

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[ref8] Deb Mahendrakumar A., Design of an aluminium-based vehicle plat form for front impact safety, Int J Impact Eng., 30, 1055–79 (2004)

[ref9] ABAQUS 6.7, PR11 user’s manual, Abaqus Inc. Providence, RI, USA, (2007)

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[ref12] Krishan K. and Aggarwal M.L., A Finite Element Approach for Analysis of a Multi Leaf Spring using CAE Tools, Res. J. Recent Sci., 1(2), 92-96 (2012)

[ref13] Dev Nikhil, Rajesh A., Vijay M., Sandeep M., Satyapal M. and Pardeep K., Thermodynamic Analysis of a Combined Heat and Power System, Res. J. Recent Sci., 1(3), 76-79 (2012)