Crash response of advanced high-strength steel tubes: Experiment and model

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1044-1057

  Abedrabbo, Nader ^a   Mayer, Robert ^b   Thompson, Alan ^a   Salisbury, Christopher ^a   Worswick, Michael ^a   van Riemsdijk, Isadora ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DOFASCO INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Energy absorption; Formability; High strength steels; Tube hydroforming

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPONENT GEOMETRIES; CRASH TESTING; CRASH TESTS; DUAL PHASE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPLICIT DYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENTS; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH STRAIN RATE TENSILE TESTS; HIGH STRENGTHS; HIGH-STRENGTH STEELS; HISTORY DATUM; HYDROFORMING PROCESS; IN VEHICLES; LOW ALLOYS; LS-DYNA; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MULTIPLE MATERIALS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; QUASI STATICS; RATE SENSITIVES; STRUCTURAL STEELS; TUBE HYDROFORMING; WALL THICKNESS; WORK HARDENINGS;

ABSORPTION; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; METAL DRAWING; STEEL; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; STEEL TESTING; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE TESTING; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 64749086686     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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