Quasi-static and dynamic crushing behaviors of aluminum and steel tubes with a cutout

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-300

  Han, Haipeng ^a   Taheri, Farid ^a   Pegg, Neil ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutout; Empirical equation; Energy absorption; Finite element; Strain rate; Tubes

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE;

MEAN CRUSHING FORCE; NONLINEAR REGRESSION; PEAK CRUSHING FORCE; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION (SEA);

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 34249012492     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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