Attempts to improve energy absorption characteristics of circular metal tubes subjected to axial loading

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 379-390

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

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iran University of Industries and Mines   (Iran)

Author keywords

Axial crushing; Collapse modes; Energy absorbers; Expansion; Grooved tubes

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING DEVICES; ALUMINUM TUBES; AXIAL CRUSHING; AXIAL LOADING; CIRCULAR TUBES; COLLAPSE MODE; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; DESIGN METHOD; ENERGY ABSORBERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; GROOVED TUBES; METAL TUBE; OUTER SURFACE; RIGID RINGS; STEEL RINGS; STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS; THICK-WALLED TUBE; THIN WALLED TUBES; TUBE LENGTH;

ABSORPTION; AXIAL COMPRESSION; AXIAL LOADS; COLLAPSIBLE TUBES; CRASHWORTHINESS; CRUSHING; RIGID STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

EID: 77950594032     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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