Numerical simulation of the crushing process of composite materials

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-276

  Pinho, S T ^a,b   Camanho, Pedro P ^a   De Moura, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Crushing; Decohesion finite elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242690049     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2004.0287     Document Type: Article

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