NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF SANDWICH STRUCTURES UNDER LATERAL COMPRESSION

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Quirino ESTRADA

quirino.estrada@uacj.mx

Dariusz SZWEDOWICZ

d.sz@cenidet.edu.mx

Julio C. VERGARA

julio.vergara17ma@cenidet.edu.mx

José SOLIS

jsolis@ittla.edu.mx

Miguel A. PAREDES

jsolis@ittla.edu.mx

Lara WIEBE

lara.wiebe@uacj.mx

Jesús M. SILVA

jesilva@uacj.mx

Abstract

The current paper analyzes the effect of the cross-section on the energy absorption capabilities of sandwich structures under compressive loads. For this purpose, several cross-section including triangular, square, hexagonal and circular shapes were analyzed using Abaqus software. According to the results the hexagonal shape is the most favorable cross-section to increase the crashworthiness performance of the structures up to 700% of CFE with respect to the square arrangement.

Keywords:

Sandwich structures, crashworthiness, finite element method

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ESTRADA, Q. ., SZWEDOWICZ, D., VERGARA, J. C. ., SOLIS, J. ., PAREDES, M. A., WIEBE, L. ., & SILVA, J. M. . (2019). NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF SANDWICH STRUCTURES UNDER LATERAL COMPRESSION. Applied Computer Science, 15(2), 31–41. https://doi.org/10.23743/acs-2019-11