Crushing of axially compressed steel tubes filled with aluminium foam

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 93-105

  Seitzberger, M ^a   Rammerstorfer, F G ^a   Degischer, H P ^a   Gradinger, R ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Centre of Competence on Light Metals   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BUCKLING; CARBON STEEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FILLER METALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

ALUMINUM FOAM; INELASTIC RESPONSE; PLASTIC BUCKLING;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031353052     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01177301     Document Type: Article

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