Experimental study of crush behaviour of sheet aluminium foam-filled sections

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 447-468

  Chen, Weigang ^a   Nardhi, Dubravko ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Alcan Intl's Banbury Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034355531     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/cras.2000.0154     Document Type: Article

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