泡沫填充多边形单锥管与双锥管斜向加载下耐撞性分析

锥形泡沫填充结构结合了泡沫填充结构与锥形结构的优势,具有优异的吸能性和抵抗失稳变形的能力。研究了具有不同横截面的泡沫填充多边形单锥管(FSPTTs)与泡沫填充多边形双锥管(FBPTTs)在四种冲击角度下的耐撞性。采用多准则评估方法(COPRAS)对不同横截面的泡沫填充单锥管与泡沫填充双锥管的综合耐撞性进行了评估。评估表明:综合考虑多种冲击角度时,圆形截面泡沫填充单锥管较其他截面泡沫填充单锥管具有更好的耐撞性;圆形截面泡沫填充双锥管较其他截面泡沫填充双锥管具有更好的耐撞性。最后,针对圆形截面泡沫填充单锥管与圆形截面泡沫填充双锥管,以最大比吸能和最小峰值力为目标,采用非支配遗传算法对这两种结构在四种冲击角度下进行了多目标优化。结果表明:当冲击角度从0°变化到10°时,两种结构的Pareto曲线变化不大,而当冲击角度从10°变化到30°时,冲击角度对Pareto曲线形状和位置有显著影响;在冲击角度为0°和10°时,圆形截面泡沫填充双锥管的耐撞性优于圆形截面泡沫填充单锥管,而在冲击角度为20°和30°时,圆形截面泡沫填充单锥管的耐撞性优于圆形截面泡沫填充双锥管。实际应用中,可以根据工程需要选择合适的结构。     

Optimization of foam-filled bitubal structures for crashworthiness criteria

Thin-walled structures have been widely used as key components in automobile and aerospace industry to improve the crashworthiness and safety of vehicles while maintaining overall light-weight. This paper aims to explore the design issue of thin-walled bitubal column structures filled with aluminum foam. As a relatively new filler material, aluminum foam can increase crashworthiness without sacrificing too much weight. To optimize crashworthiness of the foam-filled bitubal square column, the Kriging meta-modeling technique is adopted herein to formulate the objective and constraint functions. The genetic algorithm (GA) and Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA II) are used to seek the optimal solutions to the single and multiobjective optimization problems, respectively. To compare with other thin-walled configurations, the design optimization is also conducted for empty bitubal column and foam-filled monotubal column. The results demonstrate that the foam-filled bitubal configuration has more room to enhance the crashworthiness and can be an efficient energy absorber.     

Crashworthiness design of horsetail-bionic thin-walled structures under axial dynamic loading

Bio-inspired engineering design has drawn increased attention in recent years for the excellent structural and mechanical properties of the biological systems. In this study, the horsetail-bionic thin-walled structures (HBTSs) were investigated for their crashworthiness under axial dynamic loading. Six HBTSs with different cross section configurations (i.e., number of cells) were evaluated using nonlinear finite element (FE) simulations. To obtain the optimal design of the HBTSs, an ensemble metamodel-based multi-objective optimization method was employed to maximize the specific energy absorption while minimizing maximum impact force of the HBTSs. Using the ensemble metamodeling, FE simulations and the NSGA-II algorithm, the Pareto optimum designs of all six HBTSs were obtained and the HBTS with 16 cells were found to have the best crashworthiness. An optimum design of the HBTS with 16 cells was verified using FE simulation and found to have good agreement with simulation results.     

矩形截面锥形薄壁管关于能量吸收和初始碰撞力峰值的优化

以矩形截面锥形薄壁管为吸能元件,从吸能能力和轻量化角度出发,以比吸能和比吸能与初始碰撞力峰值的比值为优化目标函数,采用响应面法,利用有限元软件LS-DYNA,分析了矩形截面锥形薄壁管结构的几何参数对其比吸能和比吸能与初始碰撞力峰值的比值的影响,得到了各自优化模型下的最优结果,为汽车结构吸能元件的设计提供参考。     

诱导结构对泡沫铝填充薄壁方管轴向压溃特性影响的研究

建立了泡沫铝填充薄壁方管的有限元模型,利用试验对泡沫铝填充薄壁方管的有限元模型的准确性进行了验证。研究了诱导结构的类型和数量对泡沫铝填充薄壁方管的轴向压溃变形模式、初始峰值力、压溃力效率和能量吸收能力的影响,结果表明:设计诱导结构可以提高能量吸收能力、减小初始峰值力、增加压溃力效率,甚至可以改变压溃变形模式。沿薄壁方管的轴向方向合理地增加诱导结构的数量,可以进一步的减小初始峰值力、增加压溃力效率、提高结构的能量吸收能力。通过等级评价方法,确定沿薄壁方管的轴向方向设计4组诱导四角方孔可以使泡沫铝填充薄壁方管获得最佳的综合吸能特性。     

响应表面法在薄壁构件耐撞性优化设计中的应用研究

汽车结构的耐撞性及碰撞吸能优化是现代汽车工业重要的研究内容。耐撞性的优化涉及材料与结构的众多参数。传统的设计、碰撞仿真及试验往往只能在一定程度上改善结构的碰撞性能而无法达到限定条件下的最优状态。利用国际上近年来新发展起来的一种优化理论方法--响应表面法,结合传统的优化手段以及非线性有限元程序对薄壁构件的耐撞性问题进行了优化研究。耐撞性优化的结果表明,该方法具有较高的精确性和有效性。     

泡沫铝填充碳纤维增强树脂复合材料薄壁管的压缩变形行为与吸能特性

将填加造孔剂法制备的泡沫铝物理嵌入碳纤维增强树脂(Carbon fiber reinforced plastic,CFRP)复合材料薄壁管中,从而获得泡沫铝填充CFRP复合材料薄壁管的复合结构。针对CFRP薄壁管、泡沫铝和泡沫铝填充CFRP复合材料薄壁管分别开展准静态压缩试验测试其压缩和吸能性能,并在压缩过程中采用数字图像相关技术(Digital image correlation,DIC)同步分析其变形模式;进一步研究在不同环境温度下(25~150℃)泡沫铝填充CFRP复合材料薄壁管的压缩与吸能性能及失效模式。结果表明:泡沫铝作为填充芯材改变了CFRP复合材料薄壁管的压缩变形行为,由单一CFRP复合材料薄壁管的散射开花失效转变为泡沫铝填充CFRP复合材料薄壁管的纤维层断裂失效。同CFRP复合材料薄壁管相比,泡沫铝填充CFRP复合材料薄壁管的应力波动显著减小。随环境温度的升高,CFRP复合材料薄壁管、泡沫铝和泡沫铝填充CFRP复合材料薄壁管的压缩与吸能性能均不断降低,但泡沫铝与CFRP复合材料薄壁管之间的交互作用增强,泡沫铝对CFRP复合材料薄壁管的增强作用在高温下表现更为显著。      

泡沫铝填充薄壁铝合金多胞构件与单胞构件吸能性能研究

为研究泡沫铝填充薄壁铝合金多胞结构与单胞结构的吸能能力,该文基于有限元软件LS-DYNA建立了泡沫铝填充薄壁铝合金多胞结构与单胞结构的数值仿真。对经典薄壁圆管试验及泡沫铝填充薄壁圆管试验进行了数值模拟,分析表明该数值模型能够较好的模拟泡沫铝填充薄壁圆管在轴向冲击过程中的撞击力和变形发展。基于该模型对比研究了不同因素下泡沫铝填充薄壁铝合金多胞结构与单胞结构的轴向吸能特性,分析了其破坏模式、吸能机理和两者吸能效率。结果表明:在轴向冲击荷载作用下,泡沫铝填充薄壁铝合金的破坏模式为轴对称渐进折叠破坏模式,冲击力-位移曲线和变形模态图显示其变形过程分为3个阶段:弹性阶段、平台阶段和强化阶段。当冲击压缩距离为构件高度的80%时,7种不同参数下的泡沫铝填充薄壁铝合金多胞结构的吸能效率明显高于7种单胞结构,吸收的能量E和比吸能SEA都提高了50%以上,是一种优秀的吸能构件,可广泛应用于防护工程中。     

泡沫填充夹芯墙多胞结构的耐撞性多目标优化设计

泡沫填充管由于其优秀的能量吸收性能引起越来越多的关注。根据对丝瓜结构的研究,提出一种与丝瓜横截面类似的泡沫填充夹芯墙多胞结构。基于非线性有限元软件LS-DYNA,建立此种泡沫填充夹芯墙多胞结构的轴压分析有限元模型。基于多项式代理模型,采用多目标粒子群优化算法对不同截面形状的多胞结构进行了优化设计。根据优化结果对不同结构的选择给出指导性意见,使结构在满足峰值力限制的情况下拥有最好的吸能特性。本文提出的新型结构在车辆工程及航空航天等领域具有很好的应用前景。     

Crushing analysis and multi-objective optimization design for bionic thin-walled structure

Thin-walled structure has gained increasing attention and been widely used in the field of mechanical engineering due to their extraordinary energy absorption capacity and light weight. In this paper, we introduced a new energy absorbed structure named as bionic thin-walled structure (BTS) based on the structural characteristics of horsetails. In this study, six kinds of BTSs with different cross-sectional configurations under lateral loading conditions were investigated using nonlinear finite element method through LS-DYNA. According to the numerical results, it can be found that the cell number, inner wall diameter and wall thickness of the BTS had significant effect on the crashworthiness of the structure. In order to obtain the optimal design among the six kinds of BTSs, the six BTSs were optimized using a metamodel-based multi-objective optimization method which was developed by employing polynomial regression (PR) metamodel and multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) algorithm. In the optimization process, we aimed to achieve maximum value of specific energy absorption (SEA) and minimum value of maximum impact force (MIF). Meanwhile, we also optimized the traditional thin-walled structures, i.e., the circular and square tubes. Based on the comparison of the Pareto fronts obtained by the multi-objective optimizations, we found that the crashworthiness of the BTSs was better than that of the circular and square tubes and the best BTS among the six kinds of BTSs was different when the limit of MIF was different. And, the optimal designs of the BTSs were found to have excellent energy absorption capacity under lateral impact and could be used in the future vehicle body.     

Experimental studies on the quasi-static bending behavior of double square tubes filled with aluminum foam

Quasi-static experiments were performed on empty tubes and aluminum foam-filled single and double tubes to study the effects of different filler arrangements on their three-point bending behavior. The load-carrying capacity and energy absorption of different structures are compared. The results confirm the advantage of the foam-filled structures. In particular, the double tube structure with aluminum foam filler enhances the load-carrying capacity, crashworthiness, and total and specific energy absorptions of the structure, in comparison with the foam-filled single tube. It was also found that increasing the wall thickness of the inner tube improves the performance of the structure within the experimental range, and adhesion between foam and tube has a negative effect.     

泡沫铝填充管的研究进展

泡沫铝填充管是在一个或多个不同横截面形状的薄壁金属管内填充泡沫铝而形成的一种结构功能一体化材料。泡沫铝的填充不仅提高了薄壁金属管的轴向压缩性能和抗弯曲性能,也避免了泡沫铝本身强度不高的劣势。从泡沫铝填充管的制备、结构及性能方面综述了其研究现状,从泡沫铝单管、双管与多管填充的角度分析了结构对泡沫铝填充管压缩和弯曲性能的影响。单管填充泡沫铝改变了薄壁管压缩及弯曲的失效形式,提高了薄壁管的吸能性;双管填充泡沫铝的内管多数以同心管形式排列,在管内部所填充的泡沫铝支撑的基础上,内管进一步支撑起泡沫铝填充管的承载和吸能作用,其压缩及弯曲性能较单管填充更为突出;多管填充泡沫铝在双管基础上进行拓展,可以同心或并列排布,对薄壁管性能的提升各有不同,平行排列的多管结构能量吸收效率高于泡沫铝填充单管,但低于相应的薄壁空管结构。泡沫铝填充管的制备技术通常是分别制取泡沫铝和管材再进行填充,尽管过于单一且工艺复杂,但由于其具有优异的承载和吸能能力,仍然在交通运输、航空航天等领域极具应用潜力。     

Bending behavior of empty and foam-filled beams: Structural optimization

Bending crash tests on empty and foam-filled square aluminum beams have been performed. Furthermore, in order to find more details about crash processes, finite element simulations have been done. In terms of improving crash behavior of the aluminum beams, the crashworthiness optimization procedure has been applied to maximize specific energy absorption of the square beams with the target energy absorption. A comprehensive study about the strengthening effect of foam in the filled beam has been performed and finally the optimization technique has been implemented to find the optimum foam-filled beam that absorbs the same energy as optimum empty tubes with lower weight.     

Crashworthiness assessment of auxetic foam-filled tube under quasi-static axial loading

This present study investigates experimentally and numerically the crush response and energy absorption performances of auxetic foam-filled square tubes under quasi-static axial loading. Three different structures: empty, conventional and auxetic foam-filled square tubes have been compared and examined with respect to the deformation modes and load–displacement curves. Standard compression tests were conducted on the tubes to evaluate the influence of auxetic foam in the energy absorption of empty tubes. Moreover, results from computer simulation have also been supplemented to further examine the abovementioned effect. It is discovered that the auxetic foam-filled square tube is superior to empty and conventional foam-filled square tubes in terms of all studied crashworthiness indicators.     

Effect of triggering and polyurethane foam-filler on axial crushing of natural flax/epoxy composite tubes

In this study, empty and polyurethane-foam filled flax fabric reinforced epoxy composite tubes were longitudinally crushed under quasi-static compression. The effects of foam-filler (density of 160 kg/m³, two diameters of 64 and 86 mm), tube thickness (2, 4 and 6 plies of laminate), and triggering (45° edge chamfering) and the combination of triggering and foam-filler on the crushing characteristics and energy absorption capacity of these tubes were investigated. The test results indicate that the observed primary failure mode was progressive crushing for all the specimens. Foam-filled tubes have better crashworthiness than empty tubes in total absorbed energy, specific absorbed energy and crush force efficiency. The presence of triggering has no significant effect on total absorbed energy and specific absorbed energy of the empty tubes. However, the crush force efficiency of triggered tube is significantly larger compared to the non-triggered one. In addition, the triggering minimises the force variation of the tubes from the average crush force and in turn a more stable progressive crushing is achieved. The foam-filled and triggered tubes have better crashworthiness than the empty tubes in all the aspects. Compared with either triggered or foam-filled tubes, the triggered and foam-filled tubes have larger values in average crush load and crush force efficiency. In terms of total absorbed energy and specific absorbed energy, the triggered and foam-filled tubes have values always larger than those of the tubes with triggering only, but these values are either larger or smaller than the tubes with foam-filler only.     

Dynamic simulation and energy absorption of tapered thin-walled tubes under oblique impact loading

In real-world impact loading situations the structure could be subjected to both axial and off-axis loads. Tapered thin-walled rectangular tubes have been considered desirable impact energy absorbers due to their ability to withstand oblique impact loads as effectively as axial loads. Despite this, relatively few studies have been reported on the response of such structures under oblique loading. The aim of this paper is to compare the energy absorption response of straight and tapered thin-walled rectangular tubes under oblique impact loading, for variations in the load angle, impact velocity and tube dimensions. It is found that the mean load and energy absorption decrease significantly as the angle of applied load increases. Nevertheless, tapering a rectangular tube enhances its energy absorption capacity under oblique loading. The outcome of the study is design information for the use of straight and tapered thin-walled rectangular tubes as energy absorbers in applications where oblique impact loading is expected.     

Bending behavior of aluminum foam-filled double cylindrical tubes

Quasi-static experiments and numerical simulations are carried out to study three-point bending behavior of a new kind of structures, i.e., double cylindrical tubes filled with closed-cell aluminum foam. The deformation and failure mechanism of this new structure were observed and analyzed numerically using the finite element method. It is revealed that the stress distribution and fracture of the foam-filled double-tube structure are different from those of an empty tube and foam-filled single tube. Two cracks were found experimentally, and both experiments and numerical simulation show that cracks initiated in the aluminum foam. In comparison with empty and foam-filled single tubes, the load-carrying capacity of this new structure is much steadier, the bending resistance is enhanced, and the weight efficiency of energy absorption is higher. Parameters affecting the performance of the foam-filled double-tube structures are also studied.     

Crushing response of foam-filled conical tubes under quasi-static axial loading

Foam-filled thin-walled tubes are considered to be desirable energy absorbers under axial loading due to their higher energy absorption compared with empty tubes. This paper treats the axial crushing and energy absorption response of foam-filled conical tubes under quasi-static axial loading, using non-linear finite element models. Influence of important parameters such as wall thickness, semi-apical angle and density of foam filler was investigated and the results highlight the advantages of using foam-filled conical tubes as energy absorber. Results also indicate that the crush and energy absorption performances of conical tubes are significantly enhanced by foam filling. The primary outcome of the study is new research information and development of empirical relations which will facilitate the design of foam-filled conical tubes as energy absorbers in impact applications.     

Investigating the quasi-static axial crushing behavior of polymeric foam-filled composite pultrusion square tubes

The capability of structures to absorb large amounts of energy is a crucial factor, particularly for structural components of vehicles, in reducing injury in case of collision. In this study, an experimental investigation was conducted to study the crashworthiness of polymeric foam-filled structures to the pultruded square cross-section E-Glass fiber-reinforced polyester composite tube profiles. Quasi-static compression was applied axially to composite tubes to determine the response of the quasi-static load displacement curve during progressive damage. Three pultruded composite tube wall thicknesses at different sizes were examined, and the effects of crushing behavior and failure modes were analyzed and discussed. Experimental results indicated that the foam-filled profile is superior to the non-filled foam composite tube profile in terms of the capacity to absorb specific energy.     

Al/CFRP混合薄壁结构耐撞性能可靠性优化设计

轻量化是实现汽车产业向安全、节能、环保发展的一个重要途径。Al/CFRP（carbon fiber reinforced plastic，碳纤维增强复合材料）混合材料能够在提升轻量化效果的同时兼顾材料成本和结构耐撞性能。为探索方形截面Al/CFRP混合薄壁结构的最佳组合方式，首先，制备了Al方管、CFRP方管和Al/CFRP混合方管，并开展准静态压溃实验。然后，建立能够精确模拟Al/CFRP混合方管压溃响应的有限元模型。最后，将试验设计方法、代理模型技术、多目标优化算法和蒙特卡罗模拟技术相结合，对Al/CFRP混合方管分别进行多目标确定性与可靠性优化设计，并对效果较好的可靠性优化解进行仿真验证。准静态压溃实验结果表明，Al/CFRP混合方管具有优异的耐撞性能；优化结果表明，可靠性优化解的约束可靠度相比于确定性优化解提高了10.96%，大大降低了失效概率，具有更强的实用性。研究结果有望对Al/CFRP混合薄壁吸能构件的优化设计提供参考。