Crushing Behaviour of Empty Steel Tubes under Eccentric Loading

Abstract:

This present paper describes numerically the tube responses subjected to eccentric loading using ANSYS finite element program. According to literature review, tremendous amount of works available on discussing the axial crushing of empty tube under axial loading. However, lack of work related with the crashworthiness aspect of tube crushing under eccentric loading was identified. Therefore, the eccentric compressive loading on the empty tubes were focused. There have important parameters were studied such as the eccentric loading. According to the present result, the behaviour of crashworthiness expected to increase when the increment of eccentric loading was introduced. The crashworthiness behaviour and energy absorption capabilities demonstrated efficiently by the collected data mean crushing force and peak crashing force.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1087)
• Pages: 16-19
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1087.16
• Online since: February 2015
• Authors: Mohd Azizan Ismail*, Al Emran Ismail
• Keywords: Crashworthiness, Eccentric Loading, Energy Absorption Capability

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