Exploiting the fracture properties of carbon fibre composites to design lightweight energy absorbing structures

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 677-694

  Savage, G ^a   Bomphray, I ^a   Oxley, M ^a  

^a Operations Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automotive design; Composites; Fracture; Impact; Survivability

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESISTANCE WELDING;

CRASH RESISTANCE; ENERGY ABSORBING DEVICES; SURVIVAL CELL;

FRACTURE;

COMPOSITE;

EID: 3042541272     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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