Axial capacity and crushing of thin-walled metal, fibre-epoxy and composite metal-fibre tubes

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 440-452

  Bambach, M R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buckling; Carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP); Composite tubes; Crushing; Energy absorption; Metal fibre composites

Indexed keywords

AXIAL CAPACITY; CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER; CARBON FIBRES; CFRP TUBES; COMPOSITE ACTION; COMPOSITE TUBE; CRUSHING ENERGY; EFFECTIVE WIDTH; EXTERNALLY BONDED; MATRIX; MEAN CRUSH LOAD; MEAN CRUSHING LOAD; METAL TUBE; POSTBUCKLING; SQUARE HOLLOW SECTIONS; THIN-WALLED; TUBE SIZE; WIDTH-TO-THICKNESS RATIO;

ABSORPTION; BUCKLING; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; METALS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SPECTROMETERS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77950594678     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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