Intro
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Crashworthiness Performance of Sandwich Panel with Self-Reinforced Polypropylene (SRPP) and Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) Spherical-Roof Contoured Cores
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Materials Preparation
2.2 Specimen Preparation
2.3 Quasi-Static Compression Loading Test
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Effect of Spherical-Roof Contoured-Core Material Type
3.2 Failure Behavior of the Spherical-Roof Contoured-Core Sandwich Panel
4 Conclusion
References

Design of Thin Wall Composite Structures for Energy Absorption Applications
1 Introduction
2 Crushing Indicators of Thin-Walled Composite Structure
2.1 Energy Absorption (EA)
2.2 Specific Energy Absorption (SEA)
2.3 Initial Peak Crushing Force (IPCF)
2.4 Mean Crushing Force (MCF)
2.5 Crushing Force Efficiency (CFE)
3 Design Implementation
3.1 Foam Structure
3.2 Architected Structure
4 Conclusion and Future Prospective
References
Crashworthiness Performance of Foam Filled Composite Tubular Structures
1 Introduction

10 Conclusions
References
Design of Bio-mimetic Structures Through Additive Manufacturing for Crashworthiness Applications
1 Introduction
1.1 Bio-inspired Thin-Walled Structures
1.2 Bio-inspired Plates and Sandwich Panels
1.3 Bio-inspired Cellular Structures
1.4 Civil and Helical Structures
2 Research Approach-Bio-inspired Structures
3 Overview of Bio-inspired Structures
3.1 Bio-inspired Human Skeleton and Skull
3.2 Special Muscles in Human Body
3.3 Special Defence Structures in Animals
3.4 Structures Inspired from Sea Creatures