Energy absorption of aluminium alloy circular and square tubes under an axial explosive load

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 956-982

  Karagiozova, D ^a   Nurick, G N ^b   Chung Kim Yuen, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Circular and square tubes; Energy absorption; Explosive load

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; DYNAMIC LOADS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; PLASTICITY; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CIRCULAR AND SQUARE TUBES; EXPLOSIVE LOADS; PLASTIC STRESS WAVES;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 17444417829     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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