Towards the understanding of material property influence on automotive crash structures

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-313

  Reid, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STRESSES;

AUTOMOTIVE CRASH STRUCTURES; SPECIFIC STRESS; SPECIFIC THICKNESS;

AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 0029770822     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0263-8231(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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