Numerical and experimental investigation of the strength of corrugated board packages

Abstract

The buckling behaviour of corrugated paper packages was studied by means of an experimental and theoretical analysis. Mechanical behaviour of paperboard was first evaluated experimentally, then a local geometry FEM model, able to reproduce with a very good accuracy buckling loads obtained experimentally in the standard edge compression test, was developed. In order to investigate the buckling of a complete package, a finite element ‘corrugated board’ was introduced by means of a dedicated homogenization procedure. The FEM model of the package, assembled with this new element, can accurately predict the experimental data of incipient buckling observed during the standard box compression test, despite the few degrees of freedom and the minimal computational effort. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

HCI meets Material Science

“…Corrugated structures have long been found in the packaging industry (e.g. cardboard) [4,17,18], in civil infrastructures (e.g. in roofs, walls and pipes), [104,240], in aerospace structures (e.g.…”

An analytic homogenization model in traction and bending for orthotropic composite plates with the type of double corrugated cardboard

“…In ABAQUS, the 4-nodal shell element S4R has 6 degrees of freedom per node (3 displacements and 3 rotations). In the UGENS subroutine, the generalized forces and strains are passed in using the arrays FORCE (6) and STRAN (6), and will be updated at the end of the subroutine; the known generalized strain and curvature increments {dε} and {dκ} are passed in using the array DSTRAN (6). The main purpose of the UGENS is to calculate the stiffness matrix [H] in Eq.…”

“…The main purpose of the UGENS is to calculate the stiffness matrix [H] in Eq. (13) which is stored in the array DDNDDE (6,6) at the end of the subroutine. This array will be used by ABAQUS to define the element stiffness matrix in the FE solution.…”

“…Many homogenization models were obtained by analytical, numerical and experimental methods [1][2][3][4][5]. By using some FE models and commercial FE software, the mechanical behaviors of corrugated cardboard were studied by other authors [6,7], but it just limited with the single corrugated cardboard.…”

Creep Properties and Recoverability of Double-wall Corrugated Paperboard

“…For corrugated containers, the compressive resistance, buckling behavior and creep properties were studied by Biancolini, Bronkhorst, Mckee et al [1][2][3] For corrugated paperboards, the compression strength, crush strength, bending defection and flexural stiffness were investigated by Hahn, Lee, Urbanik et al [4][5][6] The cushioning properties and its predictive model on the basis of static and quasi-dynamic compression experimental data, and vibration transmissibility and frequency response function using broad band random excitation were researched by Kirkpatrick, Sek et al [7][8][9] But the lack of basic data regarding creep and time curves for double-wall corrugated paperboard, as well as a mathematical model for creep properties, would hamper its application for pads in transport packaging. Moreover, in the procedure of package cushioning design on double-wall corrugated paperboard pad, creep and time curves are needed to amend the theoretical thickness of pad for creep.…”