- Title
- Large-scale drop test on perlite-metal syntactic foam
- Creator
- Fiedler, T.; Taherishargh, M.
- Relation
- Journal of Composite Materials Vol. 53, Issue 4, p. 515-520
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021998318786994
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Perlite-metal syntactic foam is a low-cost cellular metal intended for use in automotive impact protection. To test the viability of the material a 2.5 ton drop test was conducted. Impact mass and energy were selected to replicate the conditions of a frontal impact between a large passenger vehicle and a crash cushion. A hollow syntactic foam cylinder was manufactured to decelerate the drop weight in a controlled manner. Accelerometers and high-speed imaging were utilized to evaluate the performance of the energy absorbing element.
- Subject
- cellular metal; metal syntactic foam; large-scale impact testing; drop test
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1459279
- Identifier
- uon:45633
- Identifier
- ISSN:0021-9983
- Language
- eng
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