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Tuesday 24 October 2017

Thin-walled composite tubes using fillers subjected to quasistatic axial compression

Author
Haidar F. AL-Qrimli*1 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, CDT 250 98009, Miri, Malaysia 

Fadhil A. Mahdi 2 2Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Baghdad, Jadriyah, Baghdad, Iraq 

Firas B. Ismail 3 3Deptment of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia 

Ibrahim S. Alzorqi 4 4Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering The University of Nottingham, 43500 Semenyih, Malaysia 

*Corresponding author. E-mail: haidar.fa@curtin.edu.my, halqrimli@yahoo.com 

Abstract. 

It has been demonstrated that composites are lightweight, fatigue resistant and easily melded, a seemingly attractive alternative to metals. However, there has been no widespread switch from metals to composites in the automotive sector. This is because there are a number of technical issues relating to the use of composite materials that still need to be resolved including accurate material characterization, manufacturing and joining process. The total of 36 specimens have been fabricated using the fibre-glass and resin (epoxy) with a two different geometries (circular and corrugated) each one will be filled with five types of filler (Rice Husk, Wood Chips, Aluminium Chips, Coconut Fibre, Palm Oil Fibre) all these type will be compared with empty Tubes for circular and corrugated in order to comprehend the crashworthiness parameters (initial failure load, average load, maximum crushing load, load ratio, energy absorption, specific energy absorption, volumetric energy absorption, crushing force efficiency and crush strain relation) which are considered very sufficient parameters in the design of automotive industry parts. All the tests have been done using the “INSTRON Universal machine” which is computerized in order to simply give a high precision to the collection of the results, along with the use of quasi-static load to test and observe the behaviour of the fabricated specimens.

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http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/78/1/012024/pdf

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