Folding-crumpling of thin-walled aluminium frusta

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-78

  Alghamdi, A A A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 0036002830     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/cras.2002.0207     Document Type: Article

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