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Title: | Designing foam filled sandwich panels for blast mitigation using a hybrid evolutionary optimization algorithm |
Authors: | Karen, İdris Shukla, Arun Uludağ Üniversitesi/Mühendislik Fakültesi/Otomotiv Mühendisliği Bölümü. 0000-0002-8720-7594 Yazıcı, Murat M-4741-2017 7007162323 |
Keywords: | Mechanics Materials science Sandwich panel Hybrid evolutionary algorithm Blast loading Corrugated steel core Polymer foam infill Shock tube Dynamic-response Genetic algorithms Core Plates Strength Subject System Beams Boundary conditions Finite element method Honeycomb structures Optimization Sandwich structures Shape optimization Shock absorbers Shock tubes Structural design Corrugated steel Polymer foams Evolutionary algorithms |
Issue Date: | 29-Jul-2016 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Karen, İ. vd. (2016). "Designing foam filled sandwich panels for blast mitigation using a hybrid evolutionary optimization algorithm". Composite Structures, 158, 72-82. |
Abstract: | Developing sandwich structures with high energy absorption capability is important for shock loading applications. In the present study, a hybrid evolutionary optimization technique based on Multi-Island Genetic Algorithm and Hooke-Jeeves Algorithm is used in the design stage of the sandwich structures to obtain effective results. Optimum parameters of cell geometry were investigated using the hybrid optimization algorithm to design foam filled sandwich panels for three main boundary conditions. Shock tube experiments were conducted in order to simulate the shock load effects along with 3D and 2D finite element analysis. Using the experimental results, a simulation-based design optimization approach was prepared and used to develop the designs of new sandwich structures. Promising results were obtained for all three different boundary conditions. In the simply supported case, 21% improvement of shock absorption was achieved by using 57% less volume of foam with respect to the original fully foam filled sandwich panel. In the clamped-clamped case, 16% improvement of shock absorption with 52% less volume was obtained. In the rigid base case study, 6% improvement of shock absorption with 38% less volume usage was achieved. The structures developed in this study will be of use in the defense, automotive and other industries. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.07.081 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263822316313782 http://hdl.handle.net/11452/29511 |
ISSN: | 0263-8223 1879-1085 |
Appears in Collections: | Scopus Web of Science |
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