We report an experimental study on three new types of tubes inspired by the cross-section
and nodes of bamboo with the aim of improving the crashworthiness of three types of …

Similitude design plays a vital role in the analysis of vibration and shock problems
encountered in large engineering equipment. Similitude design, including dimensional …

Functionally graded structures are widely observed in nature and have been considered to
have excellent mechanical properties. In this paper, a novel bio-inspired graded honeycomb …

Circular tube filled with cellular materials becomes a fairly attractive structural option in
energy absorbing devices, such as crash box and front rail in vehicle. This paper introduces …

The response characteristics of large-scale structures subjected to impact loading can in
principle be determined by scaled experiments. Unfortunately, scaling suffers from scale …

The ability to perform scaled high impact, energy absorption type experimentation is
practically impeded for rate-sensitive materials by an inherently nonlinear response that …

As a relatively new component with a higher efficiency of material utilization, functionally
graded thickness (FGT) structure with desired varying wall thickness has been becoming …

Small-scale experimentation is recognised to play an important role in the investigation of
the behaviour of large-scale structures. Presently however, there exists no known procedure …

Exploration of the behaviour of large-scale structures under impact and explosive loading
can in principle be achieved by means of scaled experimentation. In practice however …

Thin-walled tubes are commonly used as crucial structures for energy absorption. It is an
efficient and convenient research method to establish a small-scale model of the energy …