Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Lateral Loading of Thin –Walled Tube with Different Indenter

Subject Areas : Journal of Simulation and Analysis of Novel Technologies in Mechanical Engineering

سجاد دهقان پور ¹ , حامد خلیلی ² , کیوان حسینی صفری ³ , یونس محمدی ⁴

1 - گروه مکانیک، واحد تویسرکان، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تویسرکان، ایران
2 - گروه مکانیک، واحد همدان، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، همدان، ایران
3 - دانشکده مهندسی صنایع و مکانیک، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد قزوین، قزوین، ایران
4 - دانشکده مهندسی صنایع و مکانیک، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد قزوین، قزوین، ایران

Received: 2015-12-30 Accepted : 2015-12-30 Published : 2015-08-01

Keywords: energy absorption, ABAQUS, Quasi-Static, In-plane loading,

Abstract :

Impact is one of very important subjects which always have been considered in mechanical science. Nature of impact is such that which makes its control a hard task. Therefore it is required to present the transfer of impact to other vulnerable part of a structure, when it is necessary, one of the best method of absorbing energy of impact, is by using Thin-walled tubes these tubes collapses under impact and with absorption of energy, it prevents the damage to other parts. Purpose of recent study is to survey the deformation and energy absorption of tubes with different type of cross section (rectangular, circle, square, hexagonal) and with similar volumes, height, mean cross section, and material under three different loading with different indenter. Lateral loading of tubes are quasi-static type and beside as numerical analysis, also experimental experiences has been performed to evaluate the accuracy of the results. Results from the surveys is indicates that in a same conditions which mentioned above, samples with square cross section, absorb more energy compare to another cross section.

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