Effect of an ultralight metal filler on the torsional crushing behaviour of thin-walled prismatic columns

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-332

  Santosa, Sigit ^a   Wierzbicki, Tomasz ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0031486604     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/cras.1997.0052     Document Type: Article

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