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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 29
ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping and M. Papadrakakis
Paper VII.1

Finite Element Method Modelling of the Response of Corrugated Tubular Section to Static and Impactive Axial Loading

K. Kormi and D.A. Duddell

Centre for Advanced Research in Engineering, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
K. Kormi, D.A. Duddell, "Finite Element Method Modelling of the Response of Corrugated Tubular Section to Static and Impactive Axial Loading", in B.H.V. Topping, M. Papadrakakis, (Editors), "Advances in Structural Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 97-107, 1994. doi:10.4203/ccp.29.7.1
Abstract
The finite element package ABAQUS (standard implicit) is used to investigate the response characteristics of a corrugated pipe subjected to static or impactive axial loading. The pipe specimen consists of three convolute sections. The tube profile has alternating matched semicircular concave and convex segments. An axisymmetric shell element model is used. One case of static axial compressive loading loading is investigated. For dynamic axial impactive loading, several examples are studied in which the impacting kinetic energy is kept constant but where the input momentum varies. The suitability of the tube as an energy absorbing safety device is discussed.

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