Material behaviour of polymers under impact loading

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 725-740

  Du Bois, P A ^a   Kolling, S ^b   Koesters, M ^c   Frank, T ^b  

^a HPC X411 ^*  (Germany)

^b DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash simulation; Elastomers; Explicit finite elements; Foams; Material modelling; Pedestrian protection; Short time dynamics; Thermoplastics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMS; LOADING; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

CRASH SIMULATION; EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENTS; MATERIAL MODELING; PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION; SHORT-TIME DYNAMICS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 29144478418     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2005.02.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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