Experimental Investigation of Energy Absorption of ‎Partially Wrapped Thin-Walled ‎Aluminium-Glass/Epoxy Tube Subjected to Quasi-Static Loading Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This paper describes the failure modes and energy absorption capability of partially wrapped aluminium-glass/epoxy tubes, subjected to quasi-static loading. ‎These tubes are used in aircraft and automobiles applications. Aluminium tubes were partially wrapped with 4, 6 and 8 glass/epoxy layers, using filament winding process. The 90◦ fiber orientation was used for glass/epoxy layers. Quasi-static loading of partially wrapped tubes was carried out at 5mm/min speed, using the universal ‎testing machine. The experimental results revealed that partially wrapped aluminium tubes are 42.54%, 47.77% and 28.91% more ‎efficient in energy absorption as compared to the simple aluminium tubes. Furthermore, the effect of glass/epoxy layers on ‎failure modes has also been described.

publication date

  • 2017

number of pages

  • 6

start page

  • 61

end page

  • 67

volume

  • 904