薄壁管及其泡沫金属填充结构耐撞性的实验研究

对两种AA 6063T6铝合金薄壁空管(方/圆管)结构以及填充泡沫铝的5种不同几何截面的薄壁夹芯管(单方/圆管填充,双方/圆管填充,双方管四角填充结构)分别进行了准静态轴向压缩实验,研究了各种薄壁结构的变形模式和吸能性能,比较了反映不同结构耐撞性的各种参数,如比能量吸收和能量吸收效率因子等。同时,研究了各种填充结构的几何参数对结构耐撞性能的影响,发现填充结构内管的尺寸对结构的耐撞性影响显著。研究结果显示,圆管类型的结构平均压垮载荷、比质量能量吸收、单位行程能量吸收以及能量吸收效率因子都较方管类型结构高。泡沫填充单/双圆管结构由于其较高的压垮力效率和能量吸收效率,能够较平稳高效地吸能,作为耐撞性结构元件具有很大的优势。     

泡沫铝填充金属薄壁圆管侧向压缩的实验和理论

利用实验研究与理论分析相结合方法研究了泡沫铝填充金属薄壁圆管在准静态侧向压缩下的力学响应。基于能量法,建立了泡沫铝填充圆管和金属薄壁圆管在侧向均匀压缩时的瞬时侧向力、平均侧向力和总吸能的理论公式。对泡沫铝填充管与金属薄壁圆管进行了准静态侧向压缩实验,并且将实验结果与理论公式进行了对比,结果表明理论预测值与实验结果吻合较好。基于建立的理论分析模型,研究了管的几何尺寸以及泡沫铝材料的密度对结构的瞬时侧向力、平均侧向力、总吸能和比吸能的影响。结果表明,在准静态侧向压缩下,泡沫铝填充管的总吸能大于对应的金属薄壁圆管;泡沫铝填充管的侧向压缩力和总吸能随管长度、壁厚和直径的增加而增大;当填充材料泡沫铝密度增大时,填充管的总吸能与侧向压缩力均增加。     

泡沫铝夹芯双方管结构准静态轴压性能的实验研究

对几种泡沫铝夹芯方管结构的准静态轴压性能进行了实验研究。结果表明,较空管及泡沫铝夹芯单管结构,泡沫铝夹芯双管结构的承载能力及能量吸收效率明显得到增强。双管夹芯结构中外管撕裂模式的结构行程利用率和能量吸收效率高于相应的外管周期折叠模式。而泡沫铝四角填充方式提高了双管夹芯结构相同变形模式下的能量吸收效率和结构变形的稳定性。同时研究了内管管壁及材料强度对泡沫铝夹芯双管结构的影响。随着内管壁厚增大,双管夹芯结构的能量吸收效率提高,而内管材料强度影响不明显。     

Aluminum foam-filled extrusions subjected to oblique loading: experimental and numerical study

The behavior of empty and foam-filled square thin-walled aluminum columns in alloy AA6060 subjected to quasi-static oblique loading was examined. Previous studies have shown that by introducing a load angle, the energy absorption decreases drastically compared to axial loading. One of the main objectives of the present investigation was to study the effect of introducing aluminum foam filler on the energy absorption. The square columns were clamped at one end and oblique load conditions were realized at the other end by applying a force with different angles to the centerline of the column. An experimental program was carried out where the main parameters were load angle, foam density and heat treatment of the extrusion material. Additionally, numerical analyses of the experiments were performed, mainly to verify a numerical model of the obliquely loaded foam-filled columns. The foam was modeled with the foam model of Deshpande and Fleck, together with a simple fracture criterion, which previously has been implemented as a user subroutine in LS-DYNA. The study shows that high-density aluminum foam filler increases the energy absorption considerably, but the specific energy absorption is lowered compared to the empty cross sections. Furthermore, the numerical analyses were able to predict the experimental results with reasonable accuracy.     

开孔泡沫铝填充圆管的准静态压缩行为

采用开孔结构泡沫铝填充到薄壁圆形铝管中,制备出开孔泡沫铝夹芯铝管,并进行压缩实验,研究了这种结构材料的压缩力学行为和变形特征以及材料的结构特征参数对压缩力学性能和能量吸收特性的影响。在压缩过程中,泡沫铝夹芯铝管的载荷-位移曲线呈现出弹性段、波动的屈服平台段和压实段3个阶段特征;铝管的径厚比及泡沫铝本身的参数和强度对填充管的屈服强度、平均压溃力和吸能特性均有着非常显著的影响。填充泡沫铝后铝管的压缩变形方式发生改变,管壁只发生向外翻折变形,产生的环状褶皱减少。     

On the minimum weights of compression structures

The weights of optimal compression structures of several types are estimated. Minimum weights of columns having solid square or circular cross-sections are compared with those of similar metal–foam-filled tubes, hollow tubes and tubes whose walls are foam-core sandwiches. Similarly, the minimum (of near-minimum) weights of wide sandwich compression panels are studied along with those of hat-stiffened, solid-skin panels and panels in which the skins and stiffeners are themselves metal–foam-core sandwiches. In these studies, weight comparisons are made on the basis of appropriate structural indices and compressive strength is the only failure criterion. These studies provide baseline comparisons that ignore other possible design constraints, such as longitudinal stiffness, minimum gage and cost.     

Energy absorption of foam-filled circular tubes with braided composite walls

Braided glass-fibre/epoxy circular tubes with polymer foam cores are loaded in tension and in compression, and the energy of deformation is measured. Theoretical models of tube deformation are developed, and are used to predict the energy absorption as a function of tube wall strength, the ratio of tube wall thickness to tube diameter, and the density of the foam. The energy per unit mass and energy per unit volume are optimised with respect to the relative density and geometry. It is found that foam-filled braided circular tubes exhibit promising energy absorbing characteristics, due to a combination of energy absorption by the polymeric foam core and by the glass/epoxy braided tube.     

ENERGY ABSORPTION CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS OF AL THIN-WALLED TUBES UNDER IMPACT LOAD

An experimental investigation was carried out to study the energy absorption characteristics of thin-walled square tubes subjected to dynamic crushing by impact loading to develop the optimum structural members. Here, the controller is introduced to improve and control the absorbed energy of thin-walled square tubes in this paper. When the controller were used, the experimental results of crushing of square tubes controlled by the controller＇s elements showed a good candidate for a controllable energy absorption capability in impact crushing.     

Optimal design of box-section sandwich beams in three-point bending

Minimum mass designs are obtained for box-section sandwich beams of various cross-sections in three-point bending. The overall compliance of the hollow, tubular beams are decomposed additively into a global contribution due to macroscopic bending (Timoshenko beam theory) and a local contribution associated with transverse deflection of the walls of the hollow beam adjacent to the central loading patch. The structural response is analysed for beams of square sections with various internal topologies: a solid section, a foam-filled tube with monolithic walls, a hollow tube with walls made from sandwich plates, and a hollow tube with walls reinforced by internal stiffeners. Finite element analysis is used to validate analytical models for the overall stiffness of the tubes in three-point bending. Minimum mass designs are obtained as a function of the overall stiffness, and the relative merits of the competing topologies are discussed.     

弧形折纸模式薄壁结构的压缩变形与能量吸收

选用PolyMaxTM PLA为试样材料,利用3D打印技术制备了弧形折纸薄壁管件。基于准静态轴向压缩实验,运用ABAQUS软件对弧形折纸薄壁管件轴向准静态压缩和冲击行为进行了有限元计算,探讨了其变形模式和能量吸收特性,分析了预折角和薄壁单胞管件阵列数量对其压溃模式及能量吸收的影响。有限元计算结果与实验结果吻合较好。薄壁管件的变形过程可分为4个阶段:初始压溃阶段、预折角塑性旋转阶段、腹板塑性屈曲阶段和完全压溃密实化阶段。弧形折痕的引入能够有效地降低薄壁管件在压缩过程中的初始压溃载荷峰值,减小冲击载荷的振荡幅值。对比了高度相等、质量近似相等的方管与弧形折纸薄壁管在不同冲击速度下的压缩变形与能量吸收。在准静态压缩作用下,对于单胞模型,仅有折痕倾角为70°的模型的比吸能优于方管;对于多胞管件阵列模型,方管的比吸能均优于折纸管。折纸管的压缩力效率和比总体效率均优于方管,其中折痕倾角为50°的模型的压缩力效率和比总体效率最高。在动态冲击压缩下,阵列方管的比吸能均优于阵列折纸管。当冲击速度为10 m/s时,折纸管的压缩力效率和比总体效率均优于方管,其中折痕倾角为50°的模型的压缩力效率和比总体效率最高。当冲击速度为20 m/s时,仅有折痕倾角为50°的模型的压缩力效率和比总体效率优于方管。     

不同失效模式下轴压管状结构的吸能特性比较

圆管、方管等管状结构受轴向的压缩作用,是工程上常见的一种结构受力形式.由于几何尺寸、边界条件和材料特性的不同,管状结构可以发生5种不同的失效模式:渐进屈曲、整体失稳、翻转、膨胀和劈裂.本文综述了近年来管状结构在轴压作用下不同失效模式的理论建模、实验测试和数值仿真研究结果,并对5种失效模式的力学响应、能量吸收特性进行了对比与分析.     

粘接多胞管三点弯曲实验与数值研究

基于实验和数值模拟方法,本文研究了一种易制备粘接多胞薄壁结构的弯曲性能,分析了粘接多胞管在横向三点弯曲加载下的变形和能量吸收性能。三点弯曲准静态实验表明：由于粘接的作用,通常情况下粘接多胞管的能量吸收性能高于其基本构成单胞管能量吸收的总和,但在某些情况下粘接可以带来70%的性能提升。借助于LSDYNA,我们计算模拟了三点弯曲实验,计算得到的粘接多胞管变形模式和力-位移曲线与实验结果吻合良好。此外,采用计算模拟方法,我还对三种不同接触条件下的结构响应进行了对比分析,结果表明：如果未出现明显的粘接脱开,则粘接多胞管的吸能特性与完整的多胞结构相当,否则其能量吸收性能会被严重削弱。     

低速冲击下泡沫金属填充薄壁圆管的弯曲行为

采用实验方法研究了低速冲击下泡沫金属填充薄壁圆管的弯曲行为,详细说明了实验方法和原 理。通过与准静态实验结果的比较发现,冲击加载使泡沫金属填充圆管跨中截面的局部压入变形增大,跨中 截面高度变小,结构下缘拉裂破坏延迟。由于结构的惯性效应,锤头总冲击力高于准静态加载时的对应值。     

轴向冲击载荷下薄壁折纹管的屈曲模态与吸能

在方管的基础上引入折纹结构, 利用几何关系建立折纹管的折角公式。采用LS-DYNA软件研究了6种折纹管在轴向冲击下的屈曲模态与能量吸收性能, 并与方管进行对比分析。结果表明, 折纹管在冲击载荷作用下屈曲变形过程可分为3个阶段, 初始峰值阶段、稳定渐进屈曲阶段和密实化阶段。折角是影响初始峰值载荷和平均载荷的重要因素之一, 折纹结构的引入有效的降低了初始峰值载荷, 减小了冲击力的波动幅度; 折纹管的比吸能低于方管, 但是在特定折角下, 折纹管的压缩力效率和比总体效率高于方管。     

金属泡沫填充薄壁圆管的轴压载荷-位移关系

将泡沫填充圆管的能量吸收视为泡沫与圆管两者之和, 基于包含偏心率效应的直链塑性铰模型和Reddy等对Alexander模型的改进结果, 对圆管的变形模式进行了更改, 以此来反映管壁与金属泡沫之间的相互作用效应, 导出了金属泡沫填充圆管的静、动态轴向平均压溃力的表达式. 通过理论预测与实验的对比, 发现理论预测偏低, 但与实验曲线的趋势保持一致, 比空管与金属泡沫的平均载荷之和略高一些. 此外, 泡沫填充圆管的平均压溃力随填充泡沫平台应力的增大而呈线性增加, 与已有研究结果及实际情况一致, 由此表明了模型的合理性.      

On the physics of viscoplastic fluid flow in non-circular tubes

Flow of Bingham plastics through straight, long tubes is studied by means of a versatile analytical method that allows extending the study to a large range of tube geometries. The equation of motion is solved for general non-circular cross-sections obtained via a continuous and one-to-one mapping called the shape factor method. In particular the velocity field and associated plug and stagnant zones in tubes with equilateral triangular and square cross-section are explored. Shear stress normal to equal velocity lines, energy dissipation distribution and rate of flow are determined. Shear-thinning and shear-thickening effects on the flow, which cannot be accounted for with the Bingham model, are investigated using the Hershey-Bulkley constitutive formulation an extension of the Bingham model. The existence and the extent of undeformed regions in the flow field in a tube with equilateral triangular cross-section are predicted in the presence of shear-thinning and shear-thickening as a specific example. The mathematical flexibility of the analytical method allows the formulation of general results related to viscoplastic fluid flow with implications related to the design and optimization of physical systems for viscoplastic material transport and processing.     

泡沫铝合金填充圆管三点弯曲实验研究

用实验方法研究了三种不同管壁厚度、两种跨径的泡沫铝合金填充圆管的三点弯曲力学性能,得到了泡沫铝合金填充管结构承载过程中的三种变形模式,即压入、压入弯曲和管壁下缘拉裂破坏。给出了空管和泡沫铝合金填充管的载荷位移曲线,并进行了比较。实验发现泡沫铝合金填充管结构的承载能力随泡沫铝合金密度的增大而增大,但破坏应变则随之减小。结构承载力的相对提高量随着管壁厚度的减小和跨径的增大而增大。此外,分析了泡沫铝合金提高填充管结构承载能力的机理。泡沫铝合金填充使管壁压入量和管截面抗弯刚度的损失显著减小,从而提高了结构的抗弯能力。     

高速列车吸能结构设计和耐撞性分析

建立了高速列车头车的有限元模型,运用有限元软件LS-DYNA模拟了头车碰撞刚性墙的冲击过程。在碰撞发生时,原有设计方案的牵引梁主体的变形以整体屈曲为主,不利于缓冲吸能。在对原设计的耐撞性分析的基础上,建议对原有牵引梁结构加以改进,并在前端增加两组不同尺寸和厚度的带圆角的方管作为缓冲吸能管,考虑了在缓冲管中填充泡沫铝与否,形成了4种设计方案。数值模拟结果表明,与原设计方案相比,新方案的整个头车的吸能量有大幅度提高,刚性墙反力的峰值也有一定程度的降低,采用大的圆角半径的厚管并填充泡沫铝的方案的改进效果最明显。     

Crashworthiness analysis and optimization of fourier varying section tubes

Thin-walled structures are widely used as energy absorption devices for their proven advantages on lightweight and crashworthiness. However, a majority of studies have being focus on exploring separately the crashworthiness of the thin-walled structure with a specific geometric section, such as circular, square, hexagon, octagon etc., and little research has investigated the relationship of crashworthiness among thin-walled structures with different sections systematically. This paper utilizes Fourier series expansion to generate a series of novel sectional configurations, namely Fourier varying sectional tubes (FVSTs), to look into their advantages of crashworthiness, thereby developing some FVSTs with highest possible energy absorption capacity. Based on the validated finite element (FE) models, parametric analysis is conducted to investigate the effects of cross-sectional configuration, perimeter and thickness of FVSTs on collapse mode and energy absorption. The results showed that the collapse modes of FVSTs are fairly sensitive to cross-sectional configuration, perimeter and wall thickness. Of these FVSTs generated, the highest specific energy absorption (SEA) increases 77.54% by increasing perimeter and 69.73% by decreasing wall thickness. Finally, a discrete optimization based on the orthogonal arrays is conducted to obtain the optimal FVST for maximizing SEA under the constraint of the initial peak crushing force (IPCF). The optimized FVSTs are of superior crashworthiness and great potential as an energy absorber.     

聚乙烯泡沫单填充纸瓦楞管的轴向跌落冲击缓冲吸能特性

利用聚乙烯闭孔泡沫单填充纸瓦楞管开展轴向跌落冲击试验,对比分析了结构参数和冲击参数对其缓冲吸能特性参数（比吸能、行程利用率、压缩力效率、比总体效率）的影响。结果表明,X向单填充管的动态缓冲吸能特性优于Y向单填充管,而静态缓冲吸能特性差于Y向单填充管。正四边形单填充管的动态缓冲吸能特性优于正五、六边形单填充管,X向正四边形单填充管的比吸能相较于正五、六边形管分别提高了114.4%和182.3%。对于跌落冲击压缩,单填充管的比吸能、行程利用率、比总体效率随着管长比的增大而减小,管长比为1.4的X向单填充管的比吸能相较于管长比为2.2和3.0的单填充管分别增加了45.8%和117.9%,而压缩力效率随着管长比的增大而增大。随着跌落冲击质量或冲击能量的增加,比吸能、行程利用率、压缩力效率和比总体效率皆呈增大趋势,冲击质量对X向单填充管的影响较大,而冲击速度则对Y向单填充管的影响较大。