Composite sandwich structures for crashworthiness applications

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-130

  Tarlochan, F ^a   Hamouda, A M S ^b,c   Mahdi, E ^b   Sahari, B B ^b  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Compression collapse; Foam cores; Polymer composite sandwich; Specific energy absorption

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYSTYRENES;

COMPRESSION COLLAPSE; FOAM CORES; POLYMER COMPOSITE SANDWICH; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 34250683489     PISSN: 14644207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/14644207JMDA112     Document Type: Article

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