Experimental and numerical studies of foam-filled sections

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 509-534

  Santosa, Sigit P ^a   Wierzbicki, Tomasz ^a   Hanssen, Arve G ^b   Langseth, Magnus ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILLERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMS; LOAD TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

AXIAL COMPRESSIVE LOADS; NONLINEAR DYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 0033882410     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(99)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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