A study on the crashworthiness and rollover characteristics of low-floor bus made of sandwich composites

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2686-2693

  Ko, Hee Young ^a   Shin, Kwang Bok ^a   Jeon, Kwang Woo ^a   Cho, Seo Hyun ^b  

^a Hanbat National University   (South Korea)

^b Hankuk Fiber Glass Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness analysis; Effect equivalent damage model; Honeycomb sandwich composite; Rollover analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HONEYCOMB; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; EFFECT EQUIVALENT DAMAGE MODEL; EQUIVALENT DAMAGE; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FACESHEETS; FAILURE CRITERIA; HONEYCOMB CORE; HONEYCOMB SANDWICH COMPOSITE; INPUT PARAMETER; LOW-FLOOR BUS; LS-DYNA3D; MATERIAL TESTS; NUMERICAL EVALUATIONS; ROLLOVER ANALYSIS; SAFETY RULES; SANDWICH COMPOSITES; TRANSLATION VELOCITY; VEHICLE STRUCTURES;

ALUMINA; BUSES; COREMAKING; CRASHWORTHINESS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOORS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; PROGRAM TRANSLATORS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 70350464299     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-009-0731-7     Document Type: Article

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