The static and dynamic axial collapse of fibreglass composite automotive frame rails

Composite Structures

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-90

  Mamalis, A G ^a   Manolakos, D E ^a   Demosthenous, G A ^a   Ioannidis, M B ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMOBILE FRAMES; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPRESSION TESTING; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE; STRAIN RATE;

COLLAPSE MECHANISM; HEAD ON COLLISION;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

AUTOMOTIVE; COMPOSITES; GLASS-FIBRE-REINFORCED; TEXTILES; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029657041     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0263-8223(95)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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