THE CRASHWORTHINESS BEHAVIOUR OF FILAMENT WOUND HEXAGONAL GLASS FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITE TUBES

摘要

Sapuan1 reported that it is importantnto study the mechanical behaviournof composite structures for possiblenapplication in automobiles. Thenuse of composites in automobilesnhas advanced from non-structuralnand semi-structural components tonstructural components. Therefore it isnimportant to investigate new shapes andnnew designs of composite structuresnparticularly for crashworthinessnapplications. In this paper we reportna study of the determination ofncrashworthiness parameters withnreference to the axial direction fornfi lament wound hexagonal glass/epoxyncomposite tubes.