Thin-walled corrugated structures: A review of crashworthiness designs and energy absorption characteristics

N San Ha, G Lu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
It is widely known that the demand for lightweight structures with excellent energy absorption
capacity is paramount in numerous engineering applications. Many publications have …

Crashworthiness analysis of bio-inspired hierarchical circular tube under axial crushing

F Huang, X Zhou, D Zhou, Y Tao - Journal of Materials Science, 2023 - Springer
In this study, numerical and theoretical investigations are carried out to study the crushing
behavior and energy absorption characteristics of bio-inspired hierarchical circular tube …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven design and morphological analysis of conical six-fold origami structures

Y Chen, C Lu, W Fan, J Feng, P Sareh - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In engineering design, origami structures are frequently characterized by their geometry-
shifting behavior, mechanical properties, lightness, and appealing aesthetic qualities. In …

Geometric design, deformation mode, and energy absorption of patterned thin-walled structures

J Ma, S Chai, Y Chen - Mechanics of Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Thin-walled structures have been widely applied as energy absorption devices due to their
lightweight, high energy dissipating capability through large deformation, and low cost. The …

Crashworthiness analysis of bioinspired hierarchical gradient multicell tubes under axial impact

S Qin, X Deng, X Liu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Hierarchical structures and gradient structures have become research hotspots due to their
excellent crashworthiness. However, hierarchical gradient structures that combine …

Energy absorption of thin-walled square tubes with a prefolded origami pattern—part I: geometry and numerical simulation

J Ma, Z You - Journal of applied mechanics, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Thin-walled tubes subjected to axial crushing have been extensively employed as energy
absorption devices in transport vehicles. Conventionally, they have a square or rectangular …

Axial crushing of thin-walled structures with origami patterns

J Song, Y Chen, G Lu - Thin-Walled Structures, 2012 - Elsevier
Thin-walled tubes are a kind of popular design for the energy absorbing devices. However,
when they are subjected to axial loading, there exists a large undesirable initial peak force …

Crashworthiness design for functionally graded foam-filled thin-walled structures

G Sun, G Li, S Hou, S Zhou, W Li, Q Li - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2010 - Elsevier
Foam-filled thin-wall structures have exhibited significant advantages in light weight and
high energy absorption and been widely applied in automotive, aerospace, transportation …

Energy absorption of thin-walled tubes with pre-folded origami patterns: Numerical simulation and experimental verification

K Yang, S Xu, J Shen, S Zhou, YM Xie - Thin-Walled Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Thin-walled tubes are widely used as energy absorption components. In this study, two
different origami patterns were introduced to circular tubes. The influence of the origami …

Dynamic axial crushing of origami crash boxes

C Zhou, B Wang, J Ma, Z You - International journal of mechanical sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Thirty-three dynamic tests on thin-walled tubes including conventional square tubes and two
types of origami crash boxes were conducted on a drop hammer rig. All of the origami crash …