Crashworthiness of straight section hydroformed aluminium tubes

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1451-1464

  Williams, B W ^a   Oliveira, D A ^a   Simha, C H M ^a   Worswick, M J ^a   Mayer, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Crashworthiness; Damage; Hydroforming

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEHICLES;

ALUMINIUM TUBES; AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURALS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HYDROFORMING;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 33947587607     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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