TY - GEN
T1 - Innovative energy absorbing composite tubes incorporating extension-torsion coupling, stitch ripping, and foam crushing
AU - Tiwari, Chandrashekhar
AU - Smith, Edward C.
AU - Bakis, Charles E.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A lightweight energy absorbing device consisting of two extension-twist-coupled, concentric, cylindrical composite tubes with opposite angle of fibers is presented. The tubes are stitched to each other by threads and a lightweight foam filling is placed inside the inner tube. At certain values of axial force, the stitches rip and the foam crushes dissipating energy. Wide dimensionality of the design parameters ensures that the device can obtain attractive force-displacement characteristics and energy absorbing behavior.
AB - A lightweight energy absorbing device consisting of two extension-twist-coupled, concentric, cylindrical composite tubes with opposite angle of fibers is presented. The tubes are stitched to each other by threads and a lightweight foam filling is placed inside the inner tube. At certain values of axial force, the stitches rip and the foam crushes dissipating energy. Wide dimensionality of the design parameters ensures that the device can obtain attractive force-displacement characteristics and energy absorbing behavior.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-90-481-3771-8_27
DO - 10.1007/978-90-481-3771-8_27
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960677071
SN - 9789048137701
T3 - IUTAM Bookseries
SP - 269
EP - 278
BT - IUTAM Symposium on Multi-Functional Material Structures and Systems - Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Multi-Functional Material Structures and Systems
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - IUTAM Symposium on Multi-Functional Material Structures and Systems
Y2 - 10 December 2008 through 12 December 2008
ER -