The optimisation of the energy absorption of partially Al foam-filled commercial 1050H14 and 6061T4 Al crash boxes

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-109

  Toksoy, A K ^a   Guden M ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Al foam; crash box; energy absorption; optimisation; simulation

Indexed keywords

AL FOAMS; CLOSED CELL FOAMS; CRASH BOX; HIGHER YIELD; LATERAL DEFORMATION; LS-DYNA; OPTIMISATIONS; PLATEAU STRESS; QUASI-STATIC; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SIMULATION; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; WALL MATERIALS; WALL THICKNESS;

ABSORPTION; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FILLERS; FILLING; OPTIMIZATION;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 79953166102     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2010.514774     Document Type: Article

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