Crash performance of cellular foams with reduced relative density part 2: Rib deletion

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 689-698

  Whitty, J P M ^a   Henderson, B ^a   Myler, P ^a   Chirwa, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defects; FEM; Honeycomb

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRASHWORTHINESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; POISSON RATIO;

CELLULAR FOAMS; CRASH PERFORMANCE; DEFECT FORMS; RELATIVE DENSITY;

FOAMS;

EID: 41549169278     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260701789425     Document Type: Article

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