Theoretical prediction and numerical simulation of multi-cell square thin-walled structures

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1185-1191

  Zhang, Xiong ^a   Cheng, Gengdong ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Axial crushing; Energy absorption; Honeycomb; Multi cell column

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AXIAL CRUSHING; MULTI-CELL COLUMNS; PLATEAU STRESS;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 33846235121     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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