Crushing and energy absorption performance of different geometrical shapes of small-scale glass/polyester composite tubes under quasi-static loading conditions

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 992-1007

  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

Composite tubes; Geometrical shapes; Peak crush load; Progressive crushing; Specific energy absorption; Triggering mechanism

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE TUBE; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; PEAK CRUSH LOAD; PROGRESSIVE CRUSHING; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

ABSORPTION; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; POLYESTER RESINS; RESINS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 79951515300     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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