Experimental studies on the axial crash behaviour of aluminium foam-filled hat sections

Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 101-106

  Wang, Qingchun ^a   Fan, Zijie ^a   Gui, Liangjin ^a   Wang, Zhenghong ^b   Fu, Zilai ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUOYANG SHIP MATERIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminium foam; Crashworthiness; Hat section; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM FOAMS; AXIAL CRASH BEHAVIOURS; DROP HAMMERS; FILLED STRUCTURES; HAT SECTIONS;

CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FORGING MACHINES; HAMMERS; STRAIN RATE; TESTING;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 33744957983     PISSN: 05776686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/JME.2006.04.101     Document Type: Article

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