Axial crush of hollow cylindrical structures with various polygonal cross-sections: Numerical simulation and experiment

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3 SPEC., 2003, Pages 59-64

  Yamashita, Minoru ^a   Gotoh, Manabu ^a   Sawairi, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axial crush; Crush strength; Hollow cylindrical structure; Polygonal cross section

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARDENING;

AXIAL CRUSH;

METAL EXTRUSION;

EID: 0041408822     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00821-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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