The effect of geometrical parameters on the energy absorption characteristics of thin-walled structures under axial impact loading

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-390

  Guler, Mehmet A ^a   Cerit, Muhammed E ^a   Bayram, Bertan ^b   Gerçeker, Bora ^a   Karakaya, Emrah ^a  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

axial impact; conical tubes; crashworthiness; energy absorption; LS Dyna

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; AXIAL IMPACT; CROSS-SECTION GEOMETRY; CRUSH FORCE EFFICIENCY; EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; LS-DYNA; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 77957841574     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260903488750     Document Type: Article

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