Optimum honeycomb filled crash absorber design

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-204

  Zarei, Hamidreza ^a   Kröger, Matthias ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Honeycomb filled tube; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPACT STRENGTH; OPTIMIZATION; SHOCK ABSORBERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CRASH ABSORBER; MULTIDESIGN OPTIMZATION TECHNIQUE;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; IMPACT STRENGTH; OPTIMIZATION; SHOCK ABSORBERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 34548615667     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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