Energy-absorbing effectiveness factor

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 754-765

  Jones, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy absorbing effectiveness factor; Impact; Multi cell sections; Square and circular Tubes; Top hat and double hat sections

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR TUBES; EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; HAT SECTION; MULTI-CELL SECTIONS; MULTICELL;

CRUSHING; FILLING; GEOMETRY; TENSILE TESTING; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 76949095944     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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