Effect of forming process variables on the crashworthiness of aluminum alloy tubes

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 826-846

  Oliveira, Dino A ^a   Worswick, Michael J ^a   Grantab, Rassin ^a   Williams, Bruce W ^a   Mayer, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy tube; Bending collapse; Finite element; S rail; Tube hydroforming

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORMING; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

ALUMINUM ALLOY TUBES; BENDING COLLAPSE; FINITE ELEMENTS; S-RAIL; TUBE HYDROFORMING;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 29144438075     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2005.06.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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