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4.4. Compression Tests of Crash Boxes<br />

Commercially <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> of aluminum and steel with different geometries<br />

(Figure 4.10(a) and (b)) were purchased and quasi-statically compression tested at 5mm<br />

min -1 for the comparison purposes. These <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> are used in the automobiles of an<br />

average weight of 1100 kg . Before testing, the fixing parts were removed. In the steel<br />

<strong>crash</strong> box, flat plates were welded on the top and at the bottom in order to form a<br />

uniform crushing under uniaxial compression loads. The mean load and specific<br />

absorbed energy levels of these two commercial available <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> were taken as the<br />

minimum values which were used to optimize the investigated <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong>.<br />

Figure 4.10. Commercially available <strong>crash</strong> <strong>boxes</strong> of a) aluminum and b) steel.<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

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