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The bending crashworthiness performance of thin-walled structures is affected by several factors such as the end-clamping constraints. The end-clamping configuration should be carefully investigated since it is an important part of the real working condition of a structure under bending loading. End-clamping fixtures (pads) can be used intentionally as complementary energy dissipating mechanisms to trigger new plastic deformation. The present article explores the use of pads to improve the crashworthiness of square tubes under lateral loads. For this purpose, internal, external, and combined pads were located at the profile ends which were subjected to a modified three-point bending test using finite element simulations. The effect of assembly force (fN) and pad length (lp) on the energy absorption was investigated. The structures were made of aluminum 6063-T5 and modeled with elasto-plastic properties considering ductile and shear damage criteria with evolution. Additionally, the numerical results were validated by an experimental three-point bending test on a square profile with constrained and free ends. Our results for a structure with end-clamping fixtures show an improvement of crashworthiness performance in a range from 42.38 – 57.89% relative to a structure with free-ends. The best crush force efficiency (CFE) of 0.78 was obtained when external pads were implemented. Moreover, the importance of fN on the end-clamping pads was noticed since CFE is increased by 9.30% when a normalized force of 0.109 is applied. The importance of pad length was also demonstrated. An improvement of 69.38% in CFE was achieved when a normalized length \( {\overline{L}}_p \)= 0.138 was implemented. Finally, with the findings of our work, a design of end-clamping fixtures for an automobile’s side-door impact beam is presented and analyzed.
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Conceptualization, formal analysis, and article writing by Quirino Estrada. Numerical simulations and experiments by Julio Vergara-Vazquez. Analysis of numerical simulations by Dariusz Szwedowicz, and review and editing paper by Alejandro Rodriguez-Mendez and Oscar A. Gomez-Vargas. Methodology by Gonzalo Partida-Ochoa. Discussion of results and methodology by Martín Ortiz-Dominguez.
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Estrada, Q., Vergara-Vázquez, J., Szwedowicz, D. et al. Effect of end-clamping constraints on bending crashworthiness of square profiles. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 116, 3115–3134 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-07678-z
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