Finite Element Analysis and Crashworthiness Optimization of Foam-filled Double Circular under Oblique Loading

• Autor(a) principal: Djamaluddin,Fauzan
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Abdullah,Shahrum, Ariffin,Ahmad K., Nopiah,Zulkifli M.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Latin American journal of solids and structures (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-78252016001102176
• topic: Aluminium foam; Crashworthiness; Cylindrical tube; Finite Element Analysis; Oblique impact; Optimization

Abstract Finite element analysis and optimization design carry out for the quasi static responses of foam-filled double circular tube is presented in this paper. In the investigation of the crashworthiness capability, some aspects were considered for variations in geometry parameters of tubes and the loading condition to investigate the crashworthiness capability. Empty, foam-filled, and full foam-filled doublé tubes of thin walled structures were observed subjected to oblique impact (0˚ - 40˚). The numerical solution was used to determine the crashworthiness parameters. In addition, NSGA II and Radial Basis Function were used to optimize the crashworthiness capability of tubes. In conclution, the crash performaces of foam-filled double tube is better than the other structures in this work. The outcome that expected is the new design information of various kinds of cylindrical tubes for energy absorber application.