Empty and foam-filled circular aluminium tubes subjected to axial and oblique quasistatic loading

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 481-494

  Borvik T ^a   Hopperstad, O S ^a   Reyes, A ^a   Langseth, M ^a   Solomos, G ^b   Dyngeland, T ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

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EID: 0141942676     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2003.0254     Document Type: Article

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