Crash simulation with glassy polymers - constitutive model and application

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 433-442

  Pyttel, T ^a   Weyer, S ^b  

^a ESI GROUP   (France)

^b BMW AG   (Germany)

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EID: 0141873497     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2003.0249     Document Type: Article

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