To investigate the ability of energy absorption of composite beams with corrugated web in the crash process， the drop tests of composite beams with corrugated web are carried out， and the morphology of fracture， load and energy history curves are obtained. Based on the ABAQUS/Explicit platform， a simulation analysis model is developed to simulate the impact collapse process of composite beams with corrugated web by secondary development. The improved Hashin criterion and Choi-Chang criterion are used with Cohesive interface element. The anisotropy and progressive damage of composite laminates are implemented. Specific energy absorption （SEA） and average loads are obtained by numerical simulation， which is verified by experimental results. Based on this model， further studies on the energy absorption of composite beams with corrugated web are analyzed with different wavenumbers. The progressive damage of corrugated web beams under impact loads are simulated by the developed FE model. The relative errors of average crushing load are small， which verifies the validity of the FE model. When the wave length of web is defined， the length of corrugated web beams has influence on energy absorption under impact. The shorter beam with corrugated web is instability and ineffective in energy absorption.