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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2003.27.10.1686

Bending Behaviors of Stainless Steel Tube Filled with Al5Si4Cu4Mg Closed Cell Aluminum Alloy Foam  

Kim, Am-Kee (공주대학교 기계공학부)
Lee, Hyo-Jin (한밭대학교 건축공학부)
Cho, Seong-Seock (충남대학교 신소재공학부)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.27, no.10, 2003 , pp. 1686-1694 More about this Journal
Abstract
The foam-filled tube beams can be used for the front rail and firewall structures to absorb impact energy during frontal or side collision of vehicles. In the case of side collision where bending is involved in the crushing mechanism, the foam filler would be effective in maintaining progressive crushing of the thin-walled structures so that much impact energy could be absorbed. In this study, bending behaviors of the closed-cell-aluminum-alloy-foam-filled stainless steel tube were investigated. The various foam-filled specimens including piecewise fillers were prepared and tested. The aluminum-alloy-foam filling offered the significant increase of bending resistance. Their suppression of the inward fold formation at the compression flange as well as the multiple propagating folds led to the increase of load carrying capacity of specimens. Moreover, the piecewise foams would provide the easier way to fill the thin-walled shell structures without the drawback of strength.
Keywords
Aluminum Foam; Thin-walled Cylinder; Energy Absorption; Bending Resistance; Filler;
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