Inward inversion of capped-end frusta as impact energy absorbers

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 647-664

  Aljawi, A A N ^a   Alghamdi, A A A ^a   Abu Mansour, T M N ^a   Akyurt, M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ABAQUS; Energy absorber; Frusta inversion

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BENDING (DEFORMATION); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MISSILES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

ABAQUS; ENERGY ABSORBERS; FRUSTA INVERSION; QUASI-STATIC LOADING;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

EID: 13844316922     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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