Collapse of tubular beams loaded by a wedge-shaped indenter

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 374-378

  Ong, L S ^a   Lu, G ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSIBLE TUBES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FRACTURE; HARDNESS TESTING; LOADS (FORCES); SUPPORTS; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

COLLAPSE LOADS;

STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0030411084     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02328581     Document Type: Article

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