Measurement and Analysis of Deformation Shapes on Corrugated Cardboard Logistical Boxes Under Static and Dynamic Compression

Abstract

On the field of compression strength of packaging the researchers, studies and standards mainly focus on the short-time measurements. The derived results from these accelerated tests can be used with a large tolerance in reality. These measurements do not give response that how long the packaging is able to tolerate the given calculated or measured stress during a long-term storage in the supply chain without damages in the aspect of product or packaging. The tests in this paper were done to analyse the possible deformation shapes, which could be a first step into the process of final damage. The samples were tested under both static and dynamic compression. The deformations were observed by TRITOP system in order to prove the different deformation processes between the static and dynamic compression. This paper is a first phase of a research program, which deals with the effect of real compression and physical environment of logistics boxes on long time storage and stacking.