Theoretical analysis for axial crushing behaviour of aluminium foam-filled hat sections

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-521

  Wang, Qingchun ^a   Fan, Zijie ^a   Gui, Liangjin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum foam; Hat section; Interactive effect; Mean crush force; Superfolding element

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AXIAL COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HAT SECTION; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; MEAN CRUSH FORCE; SUPERFOLDING ELEMENT THEORY; SUPERFOLDING ELEMENTS;

FOAMS;

EID: 33847617952     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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