Optimum design for energy absorption of bitubal hexagonal columns with honeycomb core

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-107

  Zhang, Xiong ^a   Cheng, Gengdong ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Axial crushing; Crashworthiness; Energy absorption; Response surface method; Structural optimisation

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ALUMINIUM COLUMNS; AXIAL CRUSHING; HONEYCOMB CORE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD;

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 41549110351     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260701731732     Document Type: Article

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