Crashworthiness of aluminum extrusions: Validation of numerical simulation, effect of mass ratio and impact velocity

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 829-854

  Langseth, M ^a   Hopperstad, O S ^a   Berstad, T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRASHWORTHINESS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL EXTRUSION; STRAIN HARDENING; TEMPERING; TENSILE TESTING; YIELD STRESS;

ALUMINUM ALLOY 6060; FLOW RULE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE LS-DYNA; VON MISES YIELD CRITERION;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 0033353549     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(98)00070-0     Document Type: Article

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