Effects of sections added to multi-cell square tubes on crash performance

Albak E. İ.

MATERIALS TESTING, cilt.62, sa.5, ss.471-479, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 62 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3139/120.111506
  • Dergi Adı: MATERIALS TESTING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Compendex
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.471-479
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Crashworthiness, multi-cell, meta-modelling, optimization, CROSS-SECTIONS, CRASHWORTHINESS OPTIMIZATION, ENERGY-ABSORPTION, DESIGN, ALUMINUM, STRENGTH, COLUMNS, BEAM
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the effects of sections added to multi-cell square tubes on crash performance are examined. Square, hexagonal and circular sections are added to multi-cell square tubes and their results are examined. Finite element analyses under axial loading are performed to examine the crash performance of the multi-cell tubes. Analyses show that by adding a section to the multi-cell square tubes. the crash behavior of the tubes is improved. According to the results, S5H multi-cell square tube reveals the best crash performance. The optimization of S5H is carried out by using genetic algorithms and radial basis functions. The S5H tube presents a good crashworthiness performance and could be used as an energy absorber.