Experimental investigation of energy absorption of partially wrapped thin-walled aluminium-glass/epoxy tube subjected to quasi-static loading

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, usin...

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Main Authors: Abbas, T., Ya, H.H., Abdullah, M.Z.
Format: Article
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.20252 /
Published: Trans Tech Publications Ltd 2017
Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85028964591&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fMSF.904.61&partnerID=40&md5=51bf3f6e6c0334f4c47a6b1741287e4c
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/20252/
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Summary: 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. © 2017 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.