Experimental investigations on the crush behaviour of AA6061-T6 aluminum square tubes with different types of through-hole discontinuities

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-454

  Cheng, Qingwu ^a   Altenhof, William ^a   Li, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

AA6061 T6; Aluminum extrusion; Circular slotted and elliptical geometrical discontinuities; Crush force efficiency; Energy absorption

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EXTRUSION; FABRICATION;

AA6061-T6; ALUMINUM EXTRUSION; CIRCULAR SLOTTED AND ELLIPTICAL GEOMETRICAL DISCONTINUITIES; CRUSH FORCE EFFICIENCY;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33745818570     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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