Over the past few decades, there has been a constant pursuit for lightweight and high-
performance energy absorption structures and materials in automobiles, trains, ships …

Sandwich composites with a polyurethane foam (PUF) core have become a versatile set of
materials with applications ranging from basic construction elements to advanced …

Crash boxes are important energy-absorbing components to ensure the passive safety of
automobile vehicles during crashworthiness. The current study presents an investigation of …

Sandwich structures have been extensively employed as lightweight composite components
in aerospace and shipbuilding engineering for their high capacity of stiffness, strength and …

This article concludes some of the important observation regarding quasi-static and dynamic
crushing response of honeycomb structure carried out by authors and addressed in the …

Mechanical behaviors of a new foam filled 2D re-entrant hexagonal honeycomb with
negative Poisson's ratio under planar compression have been investigated in this paper. Re …

This paper aimed to experimentally understand the effects of Expanded Polypropylene
(EPP) foam filling on the mechanical properties of aluminum (Al) honeycomb panels. The …

The low-velocity impact resistance of all composite cylindrical shell panels (CCSPs) with a
foam filled honeycomb core (FFCHC) is studied experimentally and theoretically. Initially, a …

Auxetic materials have garnered significant attention due to their lightweight and excellent
energy absorption capabilities. Nonetheless, they often display relatively lower stiffness …

When a train collision occurs, it is impossible for the vehicle to produce a completely axial
collision. To improve the energy absorption performance of the energy-absorbing structure …