Static axial crush performance of unfilled and foam-filled aluminum-composite hybrid tubes

Composite Structures

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-184

  Babbage, J M ^a   Mallick, P K ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum tubes; Axial crush resistance; Epoxy foam; Hybrid tubes; Specific energy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FOAMS; GLASS FIBERS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ALUMINUM TUBES; CRUSH ENERGY; CRUSH LOAD; EPOXY FOAM;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE;

EID: 20444448848     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.08.021     Document Type: Article

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