Interactive failure of two impacting beams

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 918-926

  Teng, Xiaoqing ^a   Wierzbicki, Tomasz ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Beams; Failures; Impact; Interactions

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; STRAIN; WAVEFRONTS;

IMPACTING BEAMS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BEAM; FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042823970     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2003)129:8(918)     Document Type: Article

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