Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Contemporary Risk Studies, ICONIC-RS 2022, 31 March-1 April 2022, South Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

Energy Absorption Analysis of Composite Crash Box by Finite Element Method

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.31-3-2022.2320764,
        author={Ario Turangga Bayu and Karol  Koronka and Purwo  Kadarno and Judha  Purbolaksono},
        title={Energy Absorption Analysis of Composite Crash Box by Finite Element Method},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Contemporary Risk Studies, ICONIC-RS 2022, 31 March-1 April 2022, South Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICONIC-RS},
        year={2022},
        month={8},
        keywords={energy absorption composite crash box quasi-static finite element method},
        doi={10.4108/eai.31-3-2022.2320764}
    }
    
  • Ario Turangga Bayu
    Karol Koronka
    Purwo Kadarno
    Judha Purbolaksono
    Year: 2022
    Energy Absorption Analysis of Composite Crash Box by Finite Element Method
    ICONIC-RS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.31-3-2022.2320764
Ario Turangga Bayu1, Karol Koronka1, Purwo Kadarno1,*, Judha Purbolaksono1
  • 1: Universitas Pertamina
*Contact email: purwo.kadarno@universitaspertamina.ac.id

Abstract

Safety in driving is certainly an important aspect. One of the efforts to maintain safety in driving is to have a solid vehicle structure, including a crash box. The crash box is thin-walled tube used as an energy absorber during the impact. The structure requires strong and lightweight materials; thus, the application of composite is often considered. This study investigated the energy absorption of the crash box made of carbon Pyrofil- HR40. The quasi-static analysis was performed by using the finite element software of LS- DYNA. The effects of the geometry and thickness of the crash box on the specific energy absorption were studied. It was found that the same diameter and thickness circular tubes had larger specific energy absorption with value 30.842 kJ/kg than that of the square with value 20.342 kJ/kg.