Progressive crushing of fiber-reinforced composite structural components of a Formula One racing car

Composite Structures

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 491-503

  Bisagni, Chiara ^a   Di Pietro, Giuseppe ^a   Fraschini, Lara ^b   Terletti, Davide ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite structures; Energy absorber; Failure mechanism; Finite element analyses; Formula One racing car

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CRASH TESTS; ENERGY ABSORBERS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

AUTOMOTIVE TEXTILE; COMPRESSION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 11144318848     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.04.015     Document Type: Article

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