Deformation and energy absorption of aluminum foam-filled tubes subjected to oblique loading

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-56

  Li, Zhibin ^a   Yu, Jilin ^a   Guo, Liuwei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

Compression; Deformation mode; Energy absorption; Foam filled tubes; Oblique loading

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ALUMINUM FOAM; AXISYMMETRIC; CIRCULAR TUBES; COLLAPSE BEHAVIOR; DEFORMATION MODE; DEFORMATION MODES; EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPACITY; FOAM-FILLED TUBES; GEOMETRY PARAMETER; LOAD ANGLE; LOADING ANGLE; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; OBLIQUE LOAD; OBLIQUE LOADING; QUASI-STATIC; QUASI-STATIC LOADING; SINGLE TUBES; TUBE STRUCTURES; TUBULAR STRUCTURES; UPPER-END; WALL THICKNESS;

ALUMINUM; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING (FORMING); COMPACTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GEOMETRY; LOADING; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84655164763     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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