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Investigation on quasi-static axial crushing of Al/PVC foam-filled Al6063-T5 tubes

  • Muhammet Muaz Yalçın

    Dr. Muhammet Muaz Yalçın, born in 1985, graduated with a BSc degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Engineering Faculty, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey, in 2010. He received his PhD at the same university in 2019. He was working as a postdoctoral researcher at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is currently working as an Assis. Prof. at Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering at Sakarya University.

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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 66 Issue 2

Abstract

This study experimentally investigated the energy-absorbing capability of foam-filled 6063-T5 aluminum tubes. Thus, different sample combinations were created with two different foams, PVC (80 kg m−3) and aluminum (200, 350 kg m−3), which were used as filling materials. The first group of samples consisted of uniform foam-filled aluminum tubes. In contrast, tubes were filled with radially graded foams in the second group, which included a ring PVC foam and a cylindrical aluminum foam in the center. Empty tube absorbed 329 J, while it reached the values of 384, 488, and 606 J by using PVC and low- and high-density aluminum foams, respectively. The specific energy absorption value of the empty tube was obtained as 23.2 J g−1. In comparison, it was 19.3 J g−1 in the high-density aluminum foam-filled sample, although it absorbed the highest energy value. This shows that high-density aluminum foam was inefficient in terms of the crashworthiness of the structure. Finally, the best sample regarding the specific energy absorption and crush force efficiency was obtained in the sample where the PVC foam ring and high-density aluminum tube were used together. This sample had 7 % higher specific energy absorption and 34 % higher crush force efficiency than the empty tube.

Keywords: aluminum foam; PVC foam; interaction effect; crashworthiness; aluminum tube
Corresponding author: Muhammet Muaz Yalçın, Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Sakarya University, Serdivan, 54050 Türkiye, E-mail:

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Muhammet Muaz Yalçın

Dr. Muhammet Muaz Yalçın, born in 1985, graduated with a BSc degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Engineering Faculty, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey, in 2010. He received his PhD at the same university in 2019. He was working as a postdoctoral researcher at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is currently working as an Assis. Prof. at Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering at Sakarya University.

Acknowledgment

The author would like to thank Prof. Kenan Genel for his comments and suggestions.

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  2. Author contributions: The author has accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: The author states no conflict of interest.

  4. Research funding: None declared.

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Published Online: 2024-01-11
Published in Print: 2024-02-26

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2023-0273
Keywords for this article
aluminum foam; PVC foam; interaction effect; crashworthiness; aluminum tube

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  6. Investigation on quasi-static axial crushing of Al/PVC foam-filled Al6063-T5 tubes
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