Energy absorption of an egg-box material

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 187-208

  Deshpande, V S ^a   Fleck, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Conical frustum; Elastic buckling; Energy absorption; Tearing; Travelling plastic hinge

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ELASTIC BUCKLING;

LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES;

EID: 0037210064     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(02)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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