Comparison of the crushing performance of hollow and foam-filled small-scale composite tubes with different geometrical shapes for use in sacrificial cladding structures

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 434-445

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

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A. Foams; A. Glass fibres; B. Delamination; D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

A. GLASS FIBRES; B. DELAMINATION; CLADDING STRUCTURES; CLOSED CELL FOAMS; COMPOSITE TUBE; CRUSH LOAD; CRUSHING PERFORMANCE; D. MECHANICAL TESTING; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; GLASS FIBRES; GLASS/POLYESTER COMPOSITES; POLYURETHANE FOAM; QUASI-STATIC; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; WALL THICKNESS;

ABSORPTION; CRUSHING; DELAMINATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL TESTING; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; STEEL SHEET; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FOAMS;

EID: 77955414591     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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