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Abstract
Quasi static axial compression loading on tri-tubular cone (TC) has been carried out using LS-DYNA finite element analysis method. Tri-tubular cones of three arrangements; the first arrangement (model TC-1) consists of cone heights of 50 mm, 75 mm and 100 mm where the inner cone is the maximum height. The second arrangement (model TC-2) consists of cone heights of 100 mm, 75 mm, and 50 mm where the outer cone is the maximum height. The third arrangement (model TC-3) consists of three cones of the same height of 100 mm. Cone semi vertex angle of 20o was maintained for all tri-tubular cones tested. Materials used for this research are glass, jute and jute-glass/epoxy. Crashworthiness analyses were performed to investigate the effect of material used, and tri-tubular cone arrangement on peak load. Crush efficiency, and absorbed energy were drawn and discussed. Failure mechanism of the fractured specimens was also discussed. Effect of number of layers and fiber stacking sequence were also investigated. Results show that the cone arrangement TC-3 gives better performance than the cone arrangement TC-2 followed by the cone arrangement TC-1. Maximum load obtained by tri-tubular cone type TC-3 was found higher 7.09% and 14.96% than TC-2 and TC-1 respectively for glass/epoxy. Material saving was achieved by using tri-tubular cones of different heights under compression. Material used has significant influence on the absorbed energy. Failure mode of tri-tubular conical energy absorber was presented and discussed.
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