QUASI-STATIC CRUSHING AND ENERGY ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THIN-WALLED CYLINDERS WITH GEOMETRIC DISCONTINUITIES OF VARIOUS ASPECT RATIOS

Authors

  • N BAASKARAN KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE,ERODE, ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI TAMILNADU
  • K PONAPPA KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE,ERODE, ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI TAMILNADU
  • S SHANKAR KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE,ERODE, TAMILNADU 638052 HTTP://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-7153-8217

Keywords:

THIN-WALLED MEMBERS, ELLIPTICAL CUT-OUTS, QUASI-STATIC LOADING, COLLPASE MODES, ASPECT RATIO

Abstract

IN THIS PAPER, ENERGY ABSORPTION AND DEFORMATION CAPACITY OF CIRCULAR THIN-WALLED MEMBERS WITH ELLIPTICAL CUT-OUTS ARE INVESTIGATED BOTH NUMERICALLY AND EXPERIMENTALLY. THIN-WALLED MEMBERS POSSESS THE UNIFORM HEIGHT, THICKNESS, AVERAGE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA, MATERIAL AND VOLUME ARE SUBJECTED TO AXIAL QUASI-STATIC LOADING. TO CONDUCT SUCH TESTS, SPECIAL FIXTURE ARRANGEMENT IS DESIGNED FOR PLACING THE SPECIMEN IN THE COMPRESSION LOADING MACHINE. THE DEFORMATION MECHANISMS AND THE CORRESPONDING COLLAPSE MODE ALONG WITH ITS ENERGY ABSORPTION OF THE THIN-WALLED TUBES WERE INVESTIGATED IN DETAIL FOR VARIOUS ASPECT RATIOS (0.315, 0.523, 0.854, 1, 3.375 AND 4.08). THE EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT CODE ABAQUS WAS THEN EMPLOYED TO PERFORM THE NUMERICAL STUDIES INVIEW OF MITIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF CUTOUT SHAPE, LOCATION AND SYMMETRY ON ENERGY ABSORPTION AND CRUSH CHARACTERISTICS. IN ASPECT RATIO OF 4.08, WHOSE MAJOR AXIS LENGTH OF 24.5 MM OBSERVED MAXIMUM CRASH FORCE EFFICIENCY (CFE) OF 14% POSSESSING SYMMETRIC DISCONTINUITY. THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND SIMULATIONS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND SHOWS THAT THE LOCATION AND SYMMETRY OF CUTOUTS HAD CONSIDERABLE EFFECT ON COLLAPSE CRUSHING BEHAVIOUR.

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2017-07-10

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Vol. 14 No. 09 (2017)

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