Crashworthiness of automotive steel midrails: Thickness and material sensitivity

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-103

  Reid, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LOADS (FORCES); STEEL STRUCTURES; STRAIN; STRESSES;

AUTOMOTIVE STEEL MIDRAILS; MATERIAL SENSITIVITY;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030269282     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0263-8231(96)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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