Reinversion of aluminium frustra

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1037-1049

  Alghamdi, A A A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Energy absorber; Frusta; Inversion; Reinversion

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; KINETIC ENERGY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

REUSABLE REVERSIBLE ABSORBERS;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 0036890135     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8231(02)00041-1     Document Type: Article

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