Axial crushing analysis of end-capped circular tubes

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 743-752

  Ghamarian, Ali ^a   Tahaye Abadi, Mohammad ^a  

^a AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Axial crushing; Circular tube; End capped tube; Energy absorption; Polyurethane foam

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM TUBES; AXIAL CRUSHING; CIRCULAR TUBES; COLLAPSE MECHANISM; CONTACT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRASH PROTECTION; CRUSHING BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; END-CAPPED TUBE; END-CAPPED TUBES; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPACITY; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; MATERIAL BEHAVIOR; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PEAK LOAD; POLYURETHANE FOAM; QUASI-STATIC; QUASI-STATIC STRAIN RATES; THIN-WALL TUBE; THIN-WALLED;

ABSORPTION; CRUSHING; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; STRAIN RATE;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 79953662539     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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