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Figure 6.16. Sequential deformation photos of empty and foam filled G2 geometry<br />

<strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> with 2.5 mm thickness at 60 mm deformation.<br />

Figure 6.17. Sequential deformation photos of foam filled <strong>crash</strong> G2 geometry <strong>boxes</strong><br />

with 2mm thickness at 60 mm deformation.<br />

The load, mean load and SEA vs. displacement graphs for G1 and G2 box<br />

geometries are shown in Figures 6.18, 6.19 and 6.20, respectively. Partially filled 1050<br />

H14 Al <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> show similar load values with empty <strong>boxes</strong> approximately up to 20<br />

mm displacement (Figure 7.18). As seen in the same figure, the load values of filled<br />

tubes of different foam filler densities are also very close to each other. At larger<br />

deformations, above 20 mm, the load values of filled <strong>boxes</strong> start to increase rapidly over<br />

those of empty <strong>boxes</strong>. Increasing foam relative density in filled box also increases the<br />

load values as shown in Figure 6.18. The mean load values of filled <strong>boxes</strong> are also<br />

noted to be higher than that of empty <strong>boxes</strong>, while the <strong>boxes</strong> filled with higher foam<br />

density show higher mean load values as shown in Figure 6.19. The SEA values of<br />

filled <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> are similar to those of empty <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> between 20 and 40 mm<br />

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