Crashworthiness of aluminum extrusions subjected to oblique loading: Experiments and numerical analyses

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1965-1984

  Reyes, A ^a   Langseth, M ^a   Hopperstad, O S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Combined loading; Oblique loads; Thin walled column

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; DYNAMIC LOADS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

OBLIQUE LOADING;

METAL EXTRUSION;

EID: 0036750129     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7403(02)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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