Improving the crashworthiness characteristics of cylindrical tubes subjected to axial compression by cutting wide grooves from their outer surface

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 601-611

  Mokhtarnezhad, F ^a   Salehghaffari, S ^a   Tajdari, M ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Iran University of Industries and Mines   (Iran)

Author keywords

Circular tubes; Collapse modes; Energy absorbers; External grooves

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; AXISYMMETRIC; AXISYMMETRIC MODES; CIRCULAR TUBES; COLLAPSE MODE; CRITICAL LENGTH; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; ENERGY ABSORBERS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FINITE ELEMENT; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; LOAD DISPLACEMENTS; LONG TUBES; LS-DYNA; METAL TUBE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OUTER SURFACE; QUASI-STATIC COMPRESSION; TUBE LENGTH;

ABSORPTION; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AXIAL COMPRESSION; COLLAPSIBLE TUBES; CRASHWORTHINESS; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; METAL CUTTING; SIMULATORS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 71449095629     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260902896466     Document Type: Article

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