Finite element modelling of the progressive crushing of braided composite tubes under axial impact

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 662-672

  McGregor, Carla ^a   Vaziri, Reza ^a   Xiao, Xinran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Braided; composite tubes; Damage mechanics; Energy absorption; Numerical simulation; Progressive crushing

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING COMPONENTS; AXIAL CRUSHING; AXIAL IMPACT; BRAIDED COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE DAMAGE; COMPOSITE TUBES; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; DAMAGE GROWTH; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DAMAGE PROGRESSION; DAMAGE PROPAGATION; DIFFERENT DAMAGES; FAILURE CHARACTERISTICS; FAILURE MORPHOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FRONT RAILS; LS-DYNA; MATERIAL TESTING; MESH SENSITIVITY; MODEL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICALLY BASED; TIEBREAK CONTACT; TRIAXIALLY BRAIDED; TUBULAR STRUCTURES;

ABSORPTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; CRASHWORTHINESS; CRUSHING; DEBRIS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 76949093873     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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