Effect of aluminum closed-cell foam filling on the quasi-static axial crush performance of glass fiber reinforced polyester composite and aluminum/composite hybrid tubes

Composite Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 480-490

  Guden, M ^a   Yuksel S ^a   Tasdemirci A ^a   Tanoglu M ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aluminum foam; Axial crush resistance; Composite tube; Energy absorption; Hybrid tube

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; FOAMS; POLYESTERS;

COMPOSITE HYBRID TUBE; FOAM FILLING;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ABSORPTION; DEFORMATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FOAM; GLASS FIBER; POLYESTER; TUBE;

EID: 34250853421     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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