Computer aided material selection for circular tubes designed to resist axial crushing

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 47, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 962-969

  Meidell, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computer aided material selection; Failure mechanisms; Optimal design; Tubes

Indexed keywords

AXIAL CRUSHING; CAMBRIDGE; CIRCULAR TUBES; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CYLINDRICAL SHELLS; DEFINED FUNCTIONS; FAILURE MECHANISMS; GLOBAL BUCKLING; LOCAL BUCKLING; MINIMUM MASS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PIECE WISE; TUBES;

CRUSHING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

MATERIALS;

EID: 67349264884     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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