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Multi-Objective Optimization for Energy Absorption of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic/Aluminum Hybrid Circular Tube under Both Transverse and Axial Loading

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In order to obtain a hybrid tube with better energy absorption performance under both three-point bending and axial compression, multi-objective optimization for energy absorption of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP)/aluminum (CFRP/AL) hybrid circular tubes was presented in this paper. Experiments and finite element model (FEM) of the hybrid circular tubes subjected to three-point bending and axial compression were performed, and the finite element models were validated. The effects of fiber filament winding angle (θ) and aluminum wall thickness (t) on energy absorption characteristic of the hybrid tube under three-point bending and axial compressive were discussed by FEM. The results show that θ and t have different effects on the specific energy absorption (SEA) of the hybrid tube under three-point bending and axial compression, respectively. A five-order polynomial response surface (PRS) and artificial neural network (ANN) were used to connect variables (θ and t) and the objective (SEA), respectively. It was found that the fitting accuracy of ANN was better. The non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGAII) was applied to obtain optimal results in the form of Pareto frontier solutions. The specific energy absorption of the optimized hybrid tube (θ = 24°, t = 1.45 mm) verified by simulation under three-point bending and axial compression is 1.11 kN/kg and 45.59 kN/kg, respectively. The hybrid tube exhibits better specific energy absorption under both loads.

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  1. School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China

    Qihua Ma, Boyan Dong, Yibin Zha, Jiarui Sun, Ming Cai & Tianjun Zhou

  2. State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China

    Qihua Ma, Yibin Zha & Xuehui Gan

  3. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lightweight Composite, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China

    Qihua Ma, Boyan Dong & Xuehui Gan

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Ma, Q., Dong, B., Zha, Y. et al. Multi-Objective Optimization for Energy Absorption of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic/Aluminum Hybrid Circular Tube under Both Transverse and Axial Loading. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 29, 5609–5624 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-020-04941-4

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