New extruded multi-cell aluminum profile for maximum crash energy absorption and weight efficiency

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-327

  Kim, Heung Soo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash energy absorption; Extruded aluminum profile; Multi cell; Weight efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); ENERGY ABSORPTION; METAL EXTRUSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

CRASH ENERGY; MULTI-CELL STRUCTURES;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 0036533042     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8231(01)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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