Abstract
Security is a crucial matter, and when it comes to road safety, barriers are increasingly needed to protect assets and pedestrians from intentional and accidental vehicular impacts. This means a demand to improve the impact resistance of current anti-ram bollards by replacing conventional bulky bollards with improved solutions that have higher security levels and cost-effectiveness. Hence, the aim of this research is to investigate whether the addition of honeycomb and auxetic cellular cores can improve the energy absorption and protection level of existing bollards. Simulia Abaqus software will be used to prepare a non-linear numerical model and results will be compared with international standards.
Keywords
Bollards
impact
abaqus
damping systems
auxetic structures
ERC sector(s)
PE Physical Sciences and Engineering
Fields of study
Name supervisor
Hasan AL-RIFAIE
E-mail
hasan.al-rifaie@put.poznan.pl
Name of Department/Faculty/School
Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering
Name of the host University
Poznan University of Technology (PUT)
EUNICE partner e-mail of destination Research
anna.jaskolska@put.poznan.pl
Country
Poland
Thesis level
Master
Minimal language knowledge requisite
English B2
Thesis mode
On-site
Start date
Length of the research internship
6 months
Financial support available (other than E+)
No