Energy absorption in composite grid structures

Advanced Composite Materials: The Official Journal of the Japan Society of Composite Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-119

  Gibson, Ronald F ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite grids; Energy absorption; Thermoplastic composites

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; THERMOPLASTICS;

GEODESIC GRID STRUCTURES; ISOGRID PANELS; THERMOPLASTIC SAMPLING; TRANSVERSE LOADING;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 21644480899     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568551053970636     Document Type: Article

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