Many aspects to improve damage tolerance of collapsible composite energy absorber devices

Composite Structures

Volumn 67, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 175-187

  Mahdi, Elsadig ^a   Hamouda, A S M ^a   Mokhtar, A S ^a   Majid, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Collapsible; Composite; Core less; Crushing; Elliptical; Energy absorption; Natural cellular fibre

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FILLERS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CELLULAR FIBRES; ELASTIC ENERGY; ELLIPTICITY RATIO; THIN WALLED TUBES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE; DAMAGE; ENERGY; STRENGTH;

EID: 10844295638     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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