Numerical and experimental investigations on the axial crushing response of composite tubes

Composite Structures

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-228

  Huang, Jiancheng ^a   Wang, Xinwei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Axial crushing; Composites; Crashworthiness; Energy absorption; Simulation; Triggers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; AXIAL CRUSHING; COMPOSITE TUBE; COMPOSITES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FAILURE CRITERIA; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUASI-STATIC TESTS; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SIMULATION; TRIGGERS; TUBULAR COMPOSITES; TUBULAR SPECIMENS; TWO LAYERS;

ABSORPTION; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SIMULATORS;

CRUSHING;

ABSORPTION; CARBON FIBER; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION;

EID: 67349124748     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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