A comparative study of energy absorption characteristics of foam-filled and multi-cell square columns

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1739-1752

  Zhang, Xiong ^a   Cheng, Gengdong ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum foam; Energy absorption; Foam filled tubes; Multi cell column

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ALUMINUM FOAMS; FOAM-FILLED TUBES; MULTI-CELL COLUMNS;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 34249936374     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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