Crush characteristic of foam-filled steel tubes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7522, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Onsalung, N ^a   Thinvongpituk, C ^a   Painthong, K ^a  

^a UBON RATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Energy absorption; Foam density; Polyurethane foam; Steel tube

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR STEEL TUBES; CIRCULAR TUBES; COLLAPSE MODE; FOAM DENSITY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; KEY INDICATOR; LOAD DISPLACEMENTS; MAIN-FRAMES; POLYURETHANE FOAM; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; STEEL TUBE; UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINES; VEHICLE STRUCTURES;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MECHANICS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 79958109205     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.851430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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