Axial compression characteristic of non-equal length double square tube structures filled with aluminum foam
WANG Gaofei1,ZHANG Yongliang1,ZHENG Zhijun1,YE Jian2,QIN Yulin2,KE Jun2,YU Jilin1
1. CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
2. Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., Wuhu 241009, China
Abstract:Foam-filled double tubes under axial compression have high values of initial buckling force and when used as energy-absorbing components they may not effectively play a protective role. A method was proposed to reduce the initial buckling force of the foam-filled double tubes by reducing the length of inside tube. Finite element analysis was performed on the mechanical behavior of the new structures with different lengths of inner tubes under quasi-static axial compression. The effect of the length of inner tube on the energy absorption process was analyzed. The results show that the initial buckling force of the new structure could be reduced by 37%, the ratio of the initial buckling force to the mean force is reduced from 1.8 to 1.4 and the plateau force is almost unchanged. The interaction among aluminum foam, inner tube and outer tube was analyzed, and the relationship between the peak initial buckling force and the material and structural properties of the foam-filled double tubes was obtained. The non-equal length design of the inner and outer tubes can improve the stability and controllability of the impact force of the foam-filled double tubes, and provide guidance for the design of energy absorbers with stable compressive load.
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