A modified approach to determine the energy dissipation capacity of the basic folding mechanism

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 835-848

  Vafai, A ^a   Shahbeyk, S ^a   Kamalan, A ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Iran Khodro Company   (Iran)

Author keywords

Axial collapse; Basic folding mechanism; Energy absorption; Simplified model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES);

AXIAL COLLAPSE;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 0042061241     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8231(03)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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