Metallic tube type energy absorbers: A synopsis

By A. Olabi, Edmund Morris, M. Hashmi. 2007

244 citations recorded by the source corpus.

This paper presents an overview of energy absorbers in the form of tubes in which the material used is predominantly mild steel and/or aluminium. A brief summary is also given of frusta type energy absorbers. The common modes of deformation such as lateral and axial compression, indentation and inversion are reviewed. Theoretical, numerical and experimental methods which help to understand the behaviour of such devices under various loading conditions are outlined. Although other forms of energy absorbing materials and structures exist such as composites and honeycombs, it is deemed outside the scope of this review. Nonetheless, a brief description will be given on these materials. It is hoped that this article will provide a useful platform for researchers and design engineers to gain a useful insight into the progress made over the last few decades in the field of tube type energy absorbers.

Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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In Civil and Structural Engineering

1. J. Simpson
2. A. Olabi
3. Zafer Kazancı
4. M. Sajjia
5. A. Baroutaji

In Mechanical Engineering

1. J. Simpson
2. A. Olabi
3. Zafer Kazancı
4. M. Sajjia
5. A. Baroutaji

In Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

1. J. Simpson
2. A. Olabi
3. Zafer Kazancı
4. M. Sajjia
5. A. Baroutaji

Citations in the corpus

• Crushing investigation of crash boxes filled with honeycomb and re-entrant (auxetic) lattices (2020, background): “Thin-walled energy absorbers have been reviewed and are described within the literature [1-5].”
• On the crashworthiness performance of thin-walled energy absorbers: Recent advances and future developments (2017, background): “The main findings were reported in many review articles and books including those authored by Olabi et al [17], Alghamdi [18], Abramowicz [19], Qiu and Yu [20], Lu and Yu [1] and Jones [2].”
• Crush analysis and multi-objective optimization design for circular tube under quasi-static lateral loading (2015, unknown): “[4] and Alghamdi [5].”