An investigation on the energy absorption characteristics of a multi-cell hexagonal tube under axial crushing loads.

A multi-cell tube enhances the energy absorption considerably compared to the absorption of a single tube under the same conditions. A novel tube configuration, namely, a multi-cell hexagonal tube, was proposed in this paper. The multi-cell tubes consist of three basic elements: a 2-panel element an...

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Main Authors: Li Yang, Mingkai Yue, Zhen Li, Tong Shen, Chongqing postdoctoral research project
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233708