Research Article

Design and Numerical Simulation of Pyramidal Prefolded Patterned Thin-Walled Tubes

Table 1

Geometries and numerical results of square tubes with patterns for the analysis of parameters M and .

Specimenh (mm) (°)Weight increase (%) (kN) reduction (%) (kN)SEA (kJ/kg)SEA increase (%)Crushing trajectory

SQU0.090.00132.1046.210.50
S3_R25_881.088.40.171.246.145.210.3−2.4CF
S3_R25_842.985.10.465.350.644.710.1−3.8CF
S3_R25_804.881.80.758.056.144.510.1−4.5CF
S3_R25_766.978.51.255.558.043.89.9−6.4CF
S4_R25_880.788.80.187.234.049.411.26.7NF
S4_R25_842.286.30.473.644.352.511.913.2NCF
S4_R25_803.683.80.966.349.851.211.69.7NCF
S4_R25_765.181.31.261.953.149.511.15.8CF
S4_R25_726.778.81.461.053.848.610.93.6CF
S5_R25_880.689.00.292.629.950.511.59.0NF
S5_R25_841.787.10.777.141.649.211.15.7NF
S5_R25_802.985.11.172.445.255.912.619.5NCF
S5_R25_764.183.11.864.751.055.112.317.1NCF
S5_R25_725.481.02.561.353.654.812.215.6CF
S5_R25_686.778.83.059.754.853.511.812.4CF
S5_R25_648.076.63.957.756.351.711.37.7CF
S5_R25_609.574.24.557.456.550.311.04.1CF
S6_R25_802.485.91.282.537.550.811.48.5NF
S6_R25_763.484.21.980.539.150.911.48.0NF
S6_R25_724.582.52.679.240.060.713.528.0NCF
S6_R25_685.680.73.277.141.660.613.427.1NCF
S6_R25_646.778.84.272.645.060.513.225.5NCF
S6_R25_607.976.85.371.246.160.913.225.1CF
S7_R25_762.985.01.983.436.951.311.58.8NF
S7_R25_723.883.52.981.238.554.812.115.2NF
S7_R25_684.882.03.779.439.961.113.427.5NCF
S7_R25_645.780.34.673.544.462.513.629.2NCF
S7_R25_606.878.65.670.346.860.413.023.8NCF