Experimental study on the crash performance of aluminum and steel rails

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 223-231

  Madasamy, Chelliah ^a   Faruque, Omar ^a   Tyan, Tau ^a  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADHESIVES; ALUMINUM; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING TESTS; CARBON STEEL; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HIGH STRENGTH STEEL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALS; PAPER SHEETING; RAILS; WELDING;

A-DENSITY; AUTOMOTIVE BODY; CONTROLLING FACTORS; CRASH BEHAVIOR; CRASH PERFORMANCE; CRUSH ENERGY; CRUSH LOAD; CURVED RAILS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; IMPACT SPEED; JOINING TECHNIQUES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MAXIMUM LOAD; METAL THICKNESS; MILD STEEL; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS; S-SHAPED; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEHICLE WEIGHTS;

STEEL SHEET;

EID: 37549044535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-39079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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