Crushing of hybrid square sandwich composite vehicle hollow bodyshells with reinforced core subjected to axial loading: Numerical simulation

Composite Structures

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-186

  Mamalis, A G ^a   Manolakos, D E ^a   Ioannidis, M B ^a   Kostazos, P K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Axial compressive collapse; Explicit time integration; Finite element simulation; LS DYNA; Square composite sandwich tubes

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

AXIAL LOADING;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

AUTOMOTIVE TEXTILE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LOADING;

EID: 0037531356     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(03)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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