Experimental and numerical analyses of the axial crushing behaviour of hat sections partially filled with aluminium foam

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 535-543

  Wang, Q ^a   Fan, Z ^a   Song, H ^a   Gui, L ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminium foam; Crushing behaviour; Hat section; Superfolding element

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144455337     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2005.0368     Document Type: Article

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