Crashworthiness Analysis and Design of Thin-Walled Structures
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Simulation and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2024 | Viewed by 675
Special Issue Editors
Interests: passive safety; plastic deformation; numerical analysis; thin-walled structures; porous structures
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the stability and crashworthiness of thin-walled structures. Addressing the challenges of ensuring stability under different loading conditions and optimizing crashworthiness to reduce impact forces, this Special Issue aims to expand the boundaries of engineering knowledge. Considering the use of advanced manufacturing technologies and highly advanced engineering materials, issues related to the failure mechanisms of thin-walled structures are still relevant and important from the point of view of engineering structures. The widespread use of thin-walled systems in the fields of passive safety and vehicle structures requires engineers to continually improve these components.
In light of the above, we encourage researchers working in this field to submit articles demonstrating any advances in structural design or manufacturing research, which are of great importance for the further development of the field of thin-walled structure applications.
Dr. Michał Rogala
Dr. Jakub Gajewski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- crashworthiness
- thin-walled structures
- passive safety
- stability analysis
- porous structures
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Application of multilevel trigger in crashworthiness analysis of passive energy absorbers
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Title: Effect of residual stresses in numerical modeling of crashworthiness of column absorbers
Authors: Michal Rogala, Jakub Gajewski
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Title: The impact of using steel tapes and composite materials on reinforcing hot-rolled steel profiles
Authors: Ilona Szewczak; Patryk Rozylo
Affiliation: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Lublin University of Technology; 40 Nadbystrzycka Str, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Abstract: Steel structure designers frequently encounter the need to reinforce hot-rolled, compressed steel elements. This is particularly common in the case of compressed truss bars in steel truss girders. Typically, reinforcement is designed using bars or flat bars welded to the compressed element. However, welding technology is not always feasible in existing and operational steel halls due to fire safety concerns. To address this challenge, researchers investigated alternative reinforcement methods using bonded steel and CFRP tapes. Laboratory tests and numerical analyses were conducted. Eleven 1.5 m long specimens made of 50x50x5 angle iron from S235 steel were subjected to axial compression testing. The test specimens included three unreinforced specimens, three specimens reinforced with steel tape bonded using SikaDur-30 adhesive, and five specimens reinforced with CFRP tape (SikaDur-30 adhesive was used for bonding in three cases, and 3M VHB GPH-160GF tape in two cases). The conducted research indicates that reinforcement using bonded steel tapes is the most effective method for limiting vertical displacements and deformations, as well as increasing the load-bearing capacity of the tested angles by 28.6% compared to the reference elements. Considering the high cost of composite tapes, this is valuable information from an economic analysis perspective. The absence of steel tape delamination suggests that the bonding technique can be successfully employed in this reinforcement method and can replace welding, for example in facilities where there is a high fire hazard.
