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foam relative density of filled <strong>boxes</strong> are tabulated in Table 8.5. It is noted in Table 8.5,<br />

higher yield strength of box material and higher plateau stresses of filler result in higher<br />

SEA values at smaller box wall thickness and foam relative densities. The highest SEA<br />

value is found in Hydro foam filled 6061T4 Al box with the optimum wall thicknesses<br />

of 2.7 mm and filler foam relative density of 0.0471.<br />

Table 8.4. R2, Radj 2 and RMSE values for RMS of partially foam filled crush box.<br />

Crush Box<br />

1050H14-<br />

Alulight Foam<br />

6061T4-<br />

Alulight Foam<br />

1050H14-<br />

Hydro Foam<br />

6061T4-<br />

Hydro Foam<br />

Response<br />

Function<br />

R 2<br />

Radj 2<br />

RMSE<br />

Mean Load 0.9958 0.9954 0.9912<br />

SEA 0.9966 0.9963 0.1098<br />

Mean Load 0.9988 0.9987 0.7193<br />

SEA 0.9967 0.9964 0.1400<br />

Mean Load 0.9964 0.9961 1.0290<br />

SEA 0.9896 0.9887 0.2289<br />

Mean Load 0.9992 0.9992 0.6379<br />

SEA 0.9965 0.9962 0.1630<br />

Table 8.5. Optimum thickness and relative foam density of partially Alulight and Hydro<br />

foam filled 1050H14 and 6061T4 Al <strong>boxes</strong>.<br />

Material<br />

Combination 1050H14-Alulight<br />

Foam<br />

6061 T4-Alulight<br />

Foam<br />

1050H14-Hydro<br />

Foam<br />

6061 T4-<br />

Hydro<br />

Foam<br />

t (mm) 3 2.8389 3 2.7659<br />

*<br />

0.1114 0.0878 0.0508 0.0471<br />

SEA(kJ/kg) 8.5648 10.1439 9.8894 11.3723<br />

The variations of mean load and SEA values empty crush box with wall<br />

thickness are shown given in Figures 8.8(a) and (b) for 1050H14 and 6061T4 Al <strong>boxes</strong>,<br />

respectively. The maximum load value, 55 kN, as shown in these curves, corresponds to<br />

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