Dynamic crashing and impact energy absorption of 3D braided composite tubes

Materials Letters

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1491-1496

  Zeng, Tao ^a   Fang, Dai Ning ^a   Lu, Tian Jian ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D braided composites; Crash; Energy absorption; Finite element method

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS;

3D BRAIDED COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE TUBES; CRASH; IMPACT LOADING;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 15544365964     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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