A parametric study of the bending crash performance of empty and metal foam-filled box-beams

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 643-652

  Shahbeyk, S ^a,b,c   Vafai, A ^a   Estekanchi, H E ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Iran Khodro Company   (Iran)

^c Research and Development Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aluminum foam; Bending collapse; Crashworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144300213     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2004.0318     Document Type: Article

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