Thin-walled structures as impact energy absorbers

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 91-107

  Abramowicz, W ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Crushing mechanics; Design for crash; Energy absorbing structures; Large plastic deformations of shells

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LOADS (FORCES); MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

CRUSHING MECHANICS;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 0037325859     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8231(02)00082-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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