Impact and dynamic response of high-density structural foams used as filler inside circular steel tube

Composite Structures

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-302

  Mantena, P Raju ^a   Mann, Richa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical analysis; Filler; Finite element analysis; Hollow steel tube; Impact energy; Polymeric structural foam; Uni axial compression

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; IMPACT TESTING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VISCOELASTICITY;

HIGH-DENSITY STRUCTURAL FOAMS;

FOAMS;

FOAM;

EID: 0037832479     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(03)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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