The crash box between a bumper and a car body in automobiles can reduce impacts for car bodies with a bumper at a low-speed collision by preventing the shocks. Also, this crash box is the part playing a very important role for the safety of vehicle and the reduction of repair cost, and many studies have been investigated for the performance. In this study, aluminum foam was inserted in an aluminum crash box to analyze the relationships of deformation, stress and internal energy. The compression characteristics are compared with six cases. In addition, the load due to displacement at experiment for a case is verified by modeling with finite elements and performing the structural analysis. As these study results for investigating characteristics of the crash box, it is thought that the effective designs of crash box to enhance the durability for collision are made possible.

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In this study, the fatigue crack propagation in composite material is investigated by experimental result. When another material exists at fatigue crack propagation in case of composite, the durability against fatigue crack is smaller or greater than in case of matrix without another material. As another material is composite material, it refers to steel or material. Another material influences the crack propagation. As the experimental results can be agreed with simulation data, all experimental data in this study are verified. These experimental and analysis results can be applied into real field effectively. The estimation of safety design and life will be of great value industrially.