On the crush behaviour of ultralight foam-filled structures

Materials and Design

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Meguid, S A ^a   Attia, M S ^a   Monfort, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular materials; Crashworthiness; Energy absorption; Finite element modelling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; STIFFNESS;

SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION (SEA); THIN-WALLED CIRCULAR TUBES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CRUSHING; FOAM;

EID: 1442289492     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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