The strengthening effect of polystyrene foam filling in aluminum thin-walled cylindrical tubes

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 333-350

  Toksoy, A K ^a   Guden M ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Axial crushing; Circular aluminum tubes; Foam filling; Strengthening coefficient

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRUSHING; DEFORMATION; FILLERS; FOAMS; LOADS (FORCES); STIFFNESS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AXIAL CRUSHING; CIRCULAR ALUMINUM TUBES; FOAM FILLING; STRENGTHENING COEFFICIENT;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 10644286688     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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