An experimental investigation on crack effect on the mechanical behavior and energy absorption of thin-walled tubes

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3594-3607

  Alavi Nia, A ^a   Badnava, H ^a   Fallah Nejad, Kh ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED ENERGY; ALUMINUM TUBES; CRACK ANGLES; CRUSH FORCE EFFICIENCY; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPACITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MAXIMUM LOAD; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PARALLEL CRACK; PERPENDICULAR CRACK; THIN WALLED TUBES; THIN-WALLED;

ABSORPTION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ENERGY ABSORPTION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CRACKS;

EID: 79953162811     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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