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An experimental study on pre-stretched double-chamber 6000-series aluminium profiles subjected to quasi-static and dynamic axial crushing

Abstract

Automotive crash boxes require a material selection with strength and ductility in a balanced combination. In this work, the behaviour of double-chamber AA6063 and AA6082 aluminium profiles subjected to quasi-static and dynamic axial crushing was studied experimentally. The profiles were stretched to two different levels between extrusion and artificial ageing to temper T6. The higher pre-stretch resulted in a more ductile material with a slightly lower ultimate tensile strength. By visual inspection and by studying X-ray Computed Tomography scans of the tested profiles, dynamic loading was found to cause a larger amount of fracture than quasi-static loading.
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Industry / Materials and Nanotechnology
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Norsk Hydro ASA

Year

2020

Published in

Thin-walled structures

ISSN

0263-8231

Volume

158

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