Effect of the cross-sectional shape of hat-type cross-sections on crash resistance of an "S"-frame

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 535-554

  Kim, Heung Soo ^a   Wierzbicki, Tomasz ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

"S" frame; Crash resistance; Hat type cross section; Reinforcement; Weight efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CRASH RESISTANCE; WEIGHT EFFICIENCY;

AUTOMOBILE FRAMES;

EID: 0035398079     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8231(01)00020-9     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Effect of the cross-sectional shape on crash behavior of a 3-D space frame
2. Numerical and analytical study on deep biaxial bending collapse of thin-walled beams
3. Experimental study on the crushing behavior of aluminum closed-hat, foam-filled sections