Thin-walled aluminum tubes and Carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer composite
structures have enormous prospective in sustainable impact energy-absorbing structures …

Bio-inspired cellular structures provide excellent elements and design concepts for
designing thin-walled energy-absorbing structures of vehicles, trains and aircrafts, due to …

The collapse of metal/composite hybrid beams under different load conditions is a critical
mechanism for kinetic energy dissipation. However, the effects of load factors on bending …

The gradient branch circular tubes (GBCTs) were proposed based on the structure of leaf
vein. Crashworthiness performances of GBCTs are investigated via finite element …

This paper aimed to experimentally clarify the crushing mechanism and performance of
expanded polypropylene foam (EPP) and analyze the influence of density and thickness on …

Bionic structures have garnered considerable attention due to their superior energy
absorption capacity and light weight. This study proposes a group of bionic thin-walled tubes …

To improve the energy absorption of the traditional tube, a bionic tube was proposed based
on the structure and mechanical properties of yak horn. The specific energy absorption of …

In this paper, the axial crushing behavior of a foam-filled thin-walled circular tube, assuming
the strain hardening for the foam. The theoretical model is based on the super folding …

Thin-walled tubes are one of the most popular impact absorbers. Recently, some methods
have been proposed to improve crush performance parameters of the thin-walled tube such …

In the present research, the axial crushing behaviors of foam-filled holed tube are
investigated by performing quasi-static compression tests. The possible deformation modes …