Predicting energy absorption in a foam-filled thin-walled aluminum tube based on experimentally determined strengthening coefficient

Materials and Design

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-269

  Kavi, Halit ^a   Toksoy, A Kaan ^a   Guden, Mustafa ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compression test; Energy absorption; Foam filled tube; Strengthening coefficient

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FOAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICS FILLERS; POLYSTYRENES; STRAIN; STRENGTHENING (METAL); STRESSES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FOAM FILLED TUBE; STRENGTHENING COEFFICIENT;

ALUMINUM;

ABSORPTION;

EID: 25444524925     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2004.10.024     Document Type: Article

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