Parametric study of crushing parameters and failure patterns of pultruded composite tubes using cohesive elements and seam, Part I: Central delamination and triggering modelling

Polymer Testing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 729-741

  Palanivelu, Sivakumar ^a   Van Paepegem, Wim ^a   Degrieck, Joris ^a   Kakogiannis, Dimitrios ^b   Van Ackeren, Johan ^b   Van Hemelrijck, Danny ^b   Wastiels, Jan ^b   Vantomme, John ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cohesive element; Composite tubes; Delamination; Energy absorption; Peak crushing load; Triggering mechanism

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; COHESIVE ELEMENT; COMPOSITE TUBE; CRUSHING LOAD; DELAMINATION ENERGY; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

ABSORPTION; BENDING (FORMING); BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSHING; DYNAMIC LOADS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STEEL SHEET; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DELAMINATION;

EID: 77954507655     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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