Tensile and compressive properties for crashworthiness assessment of a large AZ31 extrusion

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 618 619, Issue , 2009, Pages 527-532

  Xu, S ^a   Tyson, W R ^a   Bouchard, R ^a,b   Eagleson, R ^a  

^a CANMET MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

Author keywords

AZ31; Constitutive equation; Crashworthiness; Effects of strain rate and temperature; Magnesium extrusion

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; CRASHWORTHINESS; EXTRUSION; LIGHT METALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AZ31; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; COMPRESSIVE TESTS; EFFECTS OF STRAIN RATES; LOAD DIRECTION; RATE PARAMETERS; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 67649410119     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.618-619.527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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