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Crash performance of a novel bio-inspired energy absorber produced by additive manufacturing using PLA and ABS materials

  • Mehmet Umut Erdaş is a Phd student at the department of automotive engineering. He works as a scholarship student within the scope of YOK 100/2000 and Tübitak 2211-A. His research interests are the finite element analysis of structural components, lightweight design, meta-heuristic optimization techniques, and additive manufacturing.

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    Dr. Betül Sultan Yildiz completed her BSc and MSc degrees at Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey, and received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Bursa Technical University, Turkey. Her research interests are optimal design, shape optimization, topology optimization, topography optimization, structural optimization methods, meta-heuristic optimization algorithms, and applications to industrial problems.

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    Dr. Ali Rıza Yildiz is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey. His research interests are the finite element analysis of structural components, lightweight design, vehicle design, vehicle crashworthiness, shape and topology optimization of vehicle components, meta-heuristic optimization techniques, and additive manufacturing.

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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 66 Issue 5

Abstract

Thin-walled structures are one of the important safety components used in vehicles. They are placed in the front parts of the vehicles to minimize the impacts that occur in the event of a collision, and they absorb the impact force by changing shape in the event of a collision. Crash boxes have high-impact absorption, low weight, and low-cost expectations. In the design of crash boxes, thin-walled structures are preferred due to their high deformation capability. In this study, the additive manufacturing method was used to produce thin-walled structures. Thin-walled structures were produced by additive manufacturing methods using PLA and ABS materials. The manufactured crash boxes were tested using an impact test. In the experimental results, the energy absorption ability of the crash boxes produced from PLA and ABS materials was examined, and high fragility was observed. The experimental results were verified by finite element analysis of the crash boxes made using PLA and ABS materials.

Keywords: crash box; additive manufacturing; finite element analysis; drop weight test
Corresponding author: Ali Rıza Yildiz, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa 16059, Türkiye, E-mail:

Funding source: Scientific Research Projects Unit (Bap) of Bursa Uludag University

Award Identifier / Grant number: FGA-2022-1252

About the authors

Mehmet Umut Erdaş

Mehmet Umut Erdaş is a Phd student at the department of automotive engineering. He works as a scholarship student within the scope of YOK 100/2000 and Tübitak 2211-A. His research interests are the finite element analysis of structural components, lightweight design, meta-heuristic optimization techniques, and additive manufacturing.

Betül Sultan Yildiz

Dr. Betül Sultan Yildiz completed her BSc and MSc degrees at Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey, and received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Bursa Technical University, Turkey. Her research interests are optimal design, shape optimization, topology optimization, topography optimization, structural optimization methods, meta-heuristic optimization algorithms, and applications to industrial problems.

Ali Rıza Yildiz

Dr. Ali Rıza Yildiz is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey. His research interests are the finite element analysis of structural components, lightweight design, vehicle design, vehicle crashworthiness, shape and topology optimization of vehicle components, meta-heuristic optimization techniques, and additive manufacturing.

Acknowledgments

This research is supported by the Scientific Research Projects Unit (Bap) of Bursa Uludag University with Project no: FGA-2022-1252.

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

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

  3. Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Research funding: This research is supported by the Scientific Research Projects Unit (Bap) of Bursa Uludag University with Project no: FGA-2022-1252.

  5. Data availability: There is no available data.

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Published Online: 2024-02-21
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https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2023-0384
Keywords for this article
crash box; additive manufacturing; finite element analysis; drop weight test

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Design optimization of bellow joints used in liquid propellant rocket engines
  3. Microstructure and mechanical properties of a Ti6Al4V alloy recycled by waste chips vacuum arc melting
  4. High thermal stability effect of vanadium on the binary CuAl base alloy for a novel CuAlV high-temperature shape memory alloy
  5. Microstructure and properties of Co based laser cladded composite coatings
  6. Tribological and electrochemical corrosion behavior of binary Mg–3Zn novel hybrid composites for biodegradable implant applications
  7. Exfoliation behavior of EN AW 7020 with T6, step aging and ultrasonic impact peening processes
  8. Crash performance of a novel bio-inspired energy absorber produced by additive manufacturing using PLA and ABS materials
  9. Acoustic properties of ABS and PLA parts produced by additive manufacturing using different printing parameters
  10. A novel experimental method for measuring the direct tensile strength of concrete
  11. Usage of an improved YOLOv5 for steel surface defect detection
  12. Thermal analyses and weight gain modeling study on Ti–Al – based intermetallic coated Ti6Al4V alloy
  13. Effect of temperature on oxidation during boriding of Ni-Hard 4
  14. Wear behaviour of glass fiber reinforced polyester composites under dry friction and fluid film lubrication
  15. X-ray diffraction and photoelectron spectroscopy analyses of MXene electrode material used in energy storage applications – a review
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