Journal
THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES
Volume 177, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2022.109446
Keywords
Multilayer curved honeycomb sandwich beam; Low-velocity impact; Failure mode; Load-carrying capacity; Energy absorption
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- NSFC, China [11872291]
- Key Lab of Sichuan Province [FMEDP202111]
- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, China [KFY2202]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China [lzujbky-2021-kb03]
- Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, China [20210206]
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics, Southeast University, China [LEM21B01]
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics, Southeast University, China
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This paper investigates the dynamic response of multilayer curved aluminum honeycomb sandwich beams under low-velocity impact. The deformation process and final failure modes are observed and analyzed. Numerical calculations are performed and show good agreement with experimental results. The effects of core thickness, core-thickness gradient, and gradient of inscribed circle diameters on the load-carrying capacity and energy absorption of multilayer curved aluminum honeycomb sandwich beams are explored. The results suggest that adjusting the core thickness and curvature angle can effectively improve the energy absorption capacity and mitigation ability.
In this paper, the dynamic response of multilayer curved aluminum honeycomb sandwich beams under low-velocity impact is investigated experimentally. The deformation process and final failure modes of multilayer curved aluminum honeycomb sandwich beams are observed and analyzed. The numerical calculation is conducted, and the numerical results are in good agreement with experimental ones. The effects of core thickness, core-thickness gradient, and gradient of inscribed circle diameters in upper and lower honeycombs on the load-carrying capacity and energy absorption of multilayer curved aluminum honeycomb sandwich beams are explored. It is shown that the multilayer curved sandwich beam has the best energy absorption capacity when the thicknesses of upper and lower cores are same. The total energy absorption of the specimen with the lower layer of 30 mm and the upper layer of 10 mm is 63.7% of that of the specimen with upper and lower layers of same thickness, and the total energy absorption of the specimen with the lower layer of 10 mm and the upper layer of 30 mm is 53.5% of that of the specimen with upper and lower layers of same thickness, respectively, under 40 J impact energy. In the range of curvature angle from 20 degrees to 60 degrees, the energy absorption capacity and mitigation ability of the multilayer curved sandwich beam can be effectively improved. Also, increasing the face-sheet thickness can effectively improve the energy absorption capability of multilayer curved sandwich beams.
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