Offset impact behaviour of bumper beam-longitudinal systems: Experimental investigations

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-316

  Kokkula, S ^a   Langseth, M ^b   Hopperstad, O S ^b   Lademo, O G ^b,c  

^a FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminium extrusions; Cross section collapse; Energy absorption; Fracture; Global bending; Progressive buckling

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

ALUMINIUM EXTRUSIONS; CROSS-SECTION COLLAPSE; GLOBAL BENDING; PROGRESSIVE BUCKLING;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33749322033     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2005.0122     Document Type: Article

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