Crashworthy characteristics of axially statically compressed thin-walled square CFRP composite tubes: Experimental

Composite Structures

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 347-360

  Mamalis, A G ^a   Manolakos, D E ^a   Ioannidis, M B ^a   Papapostolou, D P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Axial compression; Carbon fabric; CFRP; Composite tubes; Crashworthiness; Square cross section

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRASHWORTHINESS; EPOXY RESINS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

STACKING SEQUENCE; TUBE AXIAL COLLAPSE MODE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CARBON FIBER; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; COMPRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; TUBE;

EID: 0347317891     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(03)00183-1     Document Type: Article

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