The honeycomb sandwiches are widely used in the transportation engineering for the realization of lightweight and crashworthy structures. However their application requires a better understanding of their impact response. Aims of this paper are the numerical investigation of aluminium honeycomb sandwiches subjected to low-velocity impact tests and the validation of finite element (FE) results. Before and after the low-velocity impact tests at different velocities, three dimensional (3D) reconstructions of the honeycomb panels have been carried out by a computed tomographic system in order to acquire exactly the dimension and the shape of the damage and to obtain information about geometry and cells defects. The FE models have been computed from CT data of the undamaged panels. The direct comparison has been done by superimposing the deformed images obtained from FE analyses and from 3D CT space reconstructions. The numerical model was also validated comparing the FE results with experimental data.

Computed tomography-based reconstruction and finite element modelling of honeycomb sandwiches under low-velocity impacts

CRUPI, Vincenzo;EPASTO, Gabriella;GUGLIELMINO, Eugenio;
2014-01-01

Abstract

The honeycomb sandwiches are widely used in the transportation engineering for the realization of lightweight and crashworthy structures. However their application requires a better understanding of their impact response. Aims of this paper are the numerical investigation of aluminium honeycomb sandwiches subjected to low-velocity impact tests and the validation of finite element (FE) results. Before and after the low-velocity impact tests at different velocities, three dimensional (3D) reconstructions of the honeycomb panels have been carried out by a computed tomographic system in order to acquire exactly the dimension and the shape of the damage and to obtain information about geometry and cells defects. The FE models have been computed from CT data of the undamaged panels. The direct comparison has been done by superimposing the deformed images obtained from FE analyses and from 3D CT space reconstructions. The numerical model was also validated comparing the FE results with experimental data.
2014
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