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7.5. Dynamic Testing of Empty and Al Foam Filled 1050Al Crash Boxes<br />

Experimental and numerical deformation patterns of dynamically tested empty<br />

and partially filled <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> are shown together in Figure 7.24 for comparison. Both,<br />

numerical and experimental compression, results in very much similar deformation<br />

shapes of the <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> investigated as seen in the same figure. The deformation in<br />

dynamic loading starts from the corrugated <strong>section</strong> of the <strong>boxes</strong> in experiments and<br />

numerical simulations. At 50% deformation, the experimental and simulation load<br />

values are sequentially 35 kN and 38 kN for empty <strong>crash</strong> box (Figure 7.25(a)).<br />

Similarly, the experimental and simulation load values of filled <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> show good<br />

agreements with each other as shown in Figure 7.25(b).<br />

Figure 7.25. Deformations pictures of empty and filled <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> in quasi-static and<br />

dynamic testing and simulation.<br />

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