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CHAPTER 6 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ............................................................ 100<br />

6.1. Uniaxial Compression Behavior of Alulight Closed-Cell Al<br />

Foam Materials ................................................................................... 100<br />

6.2. Tension test of 1050H14 Al Crash Box Base Material ...................... 103<br />

6.3. Tension test of welded 1050H14 Al Base Crash Box Material .......... 104<br />

6.4. Compression Testing of Commercial Crash Boxes ............................ 105<br />

6.5. Quasi-static Testing of Empty and Al Foam Filled 1050Al Crash<br />

Boxes .................................................................................................. 107<br />

6.5.1. Compression Tests of Empty Crash Box with and without<br />

Trigger Mechanism ...................................................................... 107<br />

6.5.2. Compression of Empty Original Crash Box ................................ 109<br />

6.5.3. Compression Tests of Empty and Partially Foam Filled<br />

Crash Box without Montage Parts ............................................... 111<br />

6.5.4. Uniaxial Compression Testing of Empty and Partially Foam<br />

Filled Crash Box with Montage Parts .......................................... 120<br />

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

Boxes. ................................................................................................. 128<br />

CHAPTER 7 MODELING RESULTS OF FOAM, EMPTY AND AL<br />

FOAM FILLED CRASH BOX .......................................................... 132<br />

7.1. Simulation Results of Al Foam Modeling .......................................... 132<br />

7.2. Evaluation of the Material Models for 1050H14 Al Base<br />

Material ............................................................................................... 133<br />

7.3. Simulation of Empty and Partially Foam Filled Crash Box<br />

without Montage Parts ........................................................................ 135<br />

7.4. Simulation of Empty and Partially Foam Filled Crash Box with<br />

Montage Parts ..................................................................................... 144<br />

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

Boxes .................................................................................................. 157<br />

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