Research Article

Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Sacrificial Cladding Using Polymeric Foams as Crushable Core with a Simply Supported Steel Beam

Table 4

Experimental results for the investigated sacrificial cladding configurations.

(mm)FP mass (g) (mm) (mm)Std (%) (ms) (—) (m/s)Eff (%)

Without sc10457.574.5132

PS13-050-FP35033610557.314.10340.9534
PS13-050-FP45049592.5342.343.60320.952113.57

PS13-100-FP31003368435.165.8032.50.903023.67
PS13-100-FP41004957724.751.3032.50.852231.95

PU30-050-FP15014498.0354.473.7033.80.9568.57.06
PU30-050-FP25018898.1351.595.7033.70.90376.95
PU30-050-FP35033688.1038.842.3032.50.753218.82
PU30-050-FP45049567.3323.694.3033.70.512343.40

PU30-100-FP110014474.9633.104.6532.60.726834.37
PU30-100-FP310033665.0212.825.5134.60.6529.546.13
PU30-100-FP410049559.7212.507.10320.3021.552.40

PU30-150-FP115014470.1222.492.4032.550.486940.09

PU50-050-FP15014478.2534.066.1032.50.9268.530.47
PU50-050-FP35033662.2721.943.4032.50.703149.38