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Steel and Composite Structures Volume 21, Number 3, June30 2016 , pages 605-628 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2016.21.3.605 |
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Energy absorption characteristics of diamond core columns under axial crushing loads |
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Nader Vahdat Azad and Saeed Ebrahimi
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Abstract | ||
The energy absorption characteristics of diamond core sandwich cylindrical columns under axial crushing process depend greatly on the amount of material which participates in the plastic deformation. Both the single-objective and multi-objective optimizations are performed for columns under axial crushing load with core thickness and helix pitch of the honeycomb core as design variables. Models are optimized by multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) algorithm to achieve maximum specific energy absorption (SEA) capacity and minimum peak crushing force (PCF). Results show that optimization improves the energy absorption characteristics with constrained and unconstrained peak crashing load. Also, it is concluded that the aluminum tube has a better energy absorption capability rather than steel tube at a certain peak crushing force. The results justify that the interaction effects between the honeycomb and column walls greatly improve the energy absorption efficiency. A ranking technique for order preference (TOPSIS) is then used to sort the non-dominated solutions by the preference of decision makers. That is, a multi-criteria decision which consists of MOPSO and TOPSIS is presented to find out a compromise solution for decision makers. Furthermore, local and global sensitivity analyses are performed to assess the effect of design variable values on the SEA and PCF functions in design domain. Based on the sensitivity analysis results, it is concluded that for both models, the helix pitch of the honeycomb core has greater effect on the sensitivity of SEA, while, the core thickness has greater effect on the sensitivity of PCF. | ||
Key Words | ||
diamond core; honeycomb columns; optimization; sensitivity analysis; crashworthiness; energy absorption; response surface method | ||
Address | ||
Mechanical Engineering Department, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. | ||