Partial Al foam filling of commercial 1050H14 Al crash boxes: The effect of box column thickness and foam relative density on energy absorption

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 482-494

  Toksoy, A K ^a   Guden M ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Al foam; Crash box; Crushing; Energy absorption; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AL FOAMS; ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; BOX COLUMNS; CLOSED CELL FOAMS; CRASH BOX; CRUSHING BEHAVIORS; CRUSHING ENERGY; DEFORMATION MODES; LS-DYNA; MEAN CRUSHING LOAD; QUASI-STATIC; RELATIVE DENSITY; SIMULATION RESULT; WALL THICKNESS;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FILLERS; FILLING;

CRUSHING;

EID: 77955270384     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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