Computer simulation and energy absorption of tapered thin-walled rectangular tubes

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1225-1242

  Nagel, G M ^a   Thambiratnam, D P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axial crushing; Crashworthiness; Energy absorption; Finite element; Tapered tubes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

AXIAL CRUSHING; AXIAL LOADING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; TAPERED TUBES;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 22644435688     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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