Static axial collapse of foam-filled steel thin-walled rectangular tubes: Experimental and numerical simulation

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-126

  Mamalis, A G ^a   Manolakos, D E ^a   Ioannidis, M B ^a   Spentzas, K N ^a   Koutroubakis, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crash analysis; Crashworthiness; FE analysis; Foam filled thin walled structures

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

CRASH ANALYSIS; CRUSH BEHAVIOUR; FOAM-FILLED THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES; STATIC AXIAL COLLAPSE;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 41549097384     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260701731781     Document Type: Article

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