Axial resistance and energy absorption of externally reinforced metal tubes

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 387-394

  Hanefi, El Hadj ^a   Wierzbicki, Tomasz ^b  

^a Fr Natl Inst Transp Safety Res   (France)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Crash loading; Ductile flow; Energy absorption; Metal composite tube

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FRACTURE TESTING; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AXIAL RESISTANCE; DUCTILE FLOW; EXTERNALLY REINFORCED METAL TUBES; STATIC CRUSHING;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0029749786     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-8368(96)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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