A review of the crashworthiness performance of energy absorbing composite structure within the context of materials, manufacturing and maintenance for sustainability

Isaac, Chukwuemeke William; Ezekwem, Chidozie

doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113081

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“…Material crashworthiness is characterised in terms of its energy absorption capacity (EAC). Generally, polymer composites have a high EAC compared to metals, and they can release deformation absorption energy during impact [ 120 ]. Prestressed fibres enhance the energy absorption capability of composite materials [ 70 ].…”

Section: Potential Applications and Prospectsmentioning

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A Review of Prestressed Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites

Ogunleye

Rusnáková

2021

Polymers

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This review examines various studies on reducing tensile stresses generated in a polymer matrix composite without increasing the mass or dimension of the material. The sources of residual stresses and their impacts on the developed composite were identified, and the different techniques used in limiting residual stresses were also discussed. Furthermore, the review elaborates on fibre-prestressing techniques based on elastically (EPPMC) and viscoelastically (VPPMC) prestressed polymer matrix composites, while advantages and limitations associated with EPPMC and VPPMC methods are also explained. The report shows that tensile residual stresses are induced in a polymer matrix composite during production as a result of unequal expansion, moisture absorption and chemical shrinkage; their manifestations have detrimental effects on the mechanical properties of the polymer composite. Both EPPMC and VPPMC have great influence in reducing residual stresses in the polymer matrix and thereby improving the mechanical properties of composite materials. The reports from this study provide some basis for selecting a suitable technique for prestressing as well as measuring residual stresses in composite materials.

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Section: Potential Applications and Prospectsmentioning

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A Review of Prestressed Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites

Ogunleye

Rusnáková

2021

Polymers

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“…Many studies have been conducted on the use of composite materials for vehicle crashworthiness, as described in a recent review paper by Isaac et al [5]. Most of the published work has focused on designing longitudinal tubular vehicle structures for axial and oblique (frontal) crashes without considering side impacts [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) has been increasingly used over the last decade in many advanced applications owing to its crashworthiness [12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

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Composite Hat Structure Design for Vehicle Safety: Potential Application to B-Pillar and Door Intrusion Beam

Abdulqadir

Tarlochan

2022

Materials

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Regarding crashworthiness, many published works have focused on designing thin-walled structures for frontal collisions compared to side-impact collisions. This paper presents an experimental investigation and finite element modelling of a carbon-reinforced thin-walled top-hat section subjected to quasi-static and dynamic transverse bending loads at different impact speeds. The top-hat sections and their closure assembly plates were made of MTM44 prepreg carbon. The specimens were manufactured by vacuum bagging. Dynamic work was performed to validate the results obtained from the finite element analysis (FEA). The predicted results are in good agreement with the experimental results. The study also showed that the peak load and energy absorption owing to dynamic loading were higher than those under static loading. In the four-point bend analysis, the stacking sequence affected the energy absorption capabilities by 15–30%. In addition, the distance between the indenters in the four-point analysis also affected the energy absorption by 10% for the same impact condition, where a larger distance promoted higher energy absorption. The study also demonstrated that a top-hat shaped thin-walled structure is suitable for deep intrusion beams in vehicle doors for side-impact crashworthiness applications.

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“…In recent years, efforts have been made to improve the crashworthiness of metal thin-walled tubes, such as cross-sectional design, variable thickness, inducing angle/groove, and opening hole (Baroutaji et al, 2017;Ha and Lu, 2020;Bhutada and Goel, 2021). Compared with the metal one, a composite thinwalled tube shows higher specific mechanical advantages and becomes a potential alternative as a crashworthy structure (Lau et al, 2012;Zhu et al, 2018;Isaac and Ezekwem, 2021). Metal/composite hybrid tubes can combine the stable deformation of metal and lightweight property of composite (Reuter and Tröster, 2017;Sun et al, 2018;Ma et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2020).…”

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Integrated Design in Load Carrying and Energy Absorption of Composite Tube

Jiang

et al. 2022

Front. Mater.

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In this study, a type of tube with an open-hole AL alloy tube nested outside the CFRP tube is designed and fabricated, and the energy absorbing characteristics and failure mechanism under quasi-static axial compression are discussed. It is found that the summing tube composed of two single tubes has less energy absorption than the hybrid tube. Numerical simulation and theoretical models are used to evaluate the influence of the hybrid tube in terms of cost and weight, and it is found that under the same energy absorption, the hybrid tube has a weight reduction of 39.2% compared to the open-hole AL tube, which was 25.7% of the cost of the CFRP tube. This hybrid structure has potential as the load-carrying and energy absorption tube.

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A review of the crashworthiness performance of energy absorbing composite structure within the context of materials, manufacturing and maintenance for sustainability

Cited by 119 publications

References 290 publications

A Review of Prestressed Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites

A Review of Prestressed Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites

Composite Hat Structure Design for Vehicle Safety: Potential Application to B-Pillar and Door Intrusion Beam

Integrated Design in Load Carrying and Energy Absorption of Composite Tube

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