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The crushing behavior of a bumper system with a foam filled square <strong>crash</strong> box<br />

was experimentally and numerically investigated (Hanssen, et al. 2000c). During the<br />

experimental test program, <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> without fixing part were also tested under the<br />

similar conditions. In addition, the bumper system was tested both symmetric loading<br />

and 40% overlap loading. The initial maximum load of single <strong>crash</strong> box was shown to<br />

be higher than that of the complete bumper system as shown in Figure 3.19. The decline<br />

in the initial maximum load with using the fixing part was attributed partly to gradual<br />

deformation of the box with fixing part and partly to the softened heat affected zones<br />

(HAZ) in the top and bottom of the <strong>crash</strong> box.<br />

Figure 3.19. Deformation load -drop hammer displacement curves of a single and<br />

complete bumper system (Source: Hannsen, et al. 2000c)<br />

Santosa et al. (Santosa, et al. 2000) investigated the <strong>crash</strong> behavior of Hydro<br />

aluminum foam filled 6060T4 and 6082T4 Al square tubes experimentally and<br />

numerically. The effect of adhesive, used to bond the foam filler to tube inner surface,<br />

on the <strong>crash</strong> behavior was also determined in the same study. The simulations were<br />

implemented using PAM CRASH 97 non linear finite element code. The mass density<br />

of the column structure was scaled down by a factor of 1000 at a deformation velocity<br />

of 2 m s -1 , in order to simulate the quasi-static crushing behavior. Empty tubes<br />

deformed in asymmetric (quasi-inextensional) mode forming five folds, while foam<br />

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