On the crashworthiness of composite rectangular thin-walled tubes internally reinforced with aluminium or polymeric foams: Experimental and numerical simulation

Composite Structures

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-423

  Mamalis, A G ^a   Manolakos, D E ^a   Ioannidis, M B ^a   Chronopoulos, D G ^a   Kostazos, P K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aluminium foam; Axial collapse; Composite materials; Crashworthiness; FE simulation

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING CAPACITIES; ALUMINIUM FOAM; ANALYTICAL MODELS; AXIAL COLLAPSE; COLLAPSE MECHANISMS; COLLAPSE MODES; CRASHWORTHINESS OF COMPOSITES; FAILURE PROCESS; FE SIMULATION; FINANCIAL EFFICIENCIES; LS-DYNA SIMULATIONS; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POLYMERIC FOAMS; THIN-WALLED TUBES;

ALUMINUM; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCRETES; CRASHWORTHINESS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

FOAMS;

COMPOSITE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOAM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TUBE;

EID: 63449117667     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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