Modeling the progressive axial crushing of foam-filled aluminum tubes using smooth particle hydrodynamics and coupled finite element model/smooth particle hydrodynamics

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 569-575

  Aktay, L ^a   Johnson, A F ^a   Toksoy, A K ^b   Kroplin B H ^c   Guden M ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coupling phenomena; Energy absorption; Foam filled tubes; Polystyrene foam; Smooth particle hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSHING; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYSTYRENES;

FOAM-FILLED THIN-WALLED TUBES; SMOOTH PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS METHOD;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSHING; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 37649005275     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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