Test results and FEA predictions from magnesium AM30 extruded beams in bending and axial compression

Magnesium Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 541-547

  Wagner, David A ^a   Logan, Stephen D ^b   Wang, Kathy ^c   Skszek, Tim ^d   Salisbury, Christopher P ^e  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Donnelly Corporation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial crush; Four point bend; LS DYNA; Magnesium AM30 extrusion; Test results

Indexed keywords

AXIAL CRUSH; COMPONENT BEHAVIOR; COMPONENT TESTING; CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIORS; CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOUR-POINT BEND; HIGH-SPEED; LS-DYNA; MATERIAL MODELS; QUASI-STATIC; TENSION AND COMPRESSION; TEST RESULTS;

AXIAL COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION TESTING; EXTRUSION; FORECASTING; LOADING; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TESTING;

MAGNESIUM;

EID: 70349502275     PISSN: 15454150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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