Energy absorption properties of non-convex multi-corner thin-walled columns

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 112-120

  Tang, Zhiliang ^a   Liu, Shutian ^a   Zhang, Zonghua ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Axial crush; Crashworthiness; Energy absorption; Non convex thin walled column

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; AXIAL CRUSH; CROSS SECTION; ELEMENT METHOD; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPACITY; ENERGY ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; EXPLICIT FORMULATION; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THIN-WALLED COLUMNS;

CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 84655168032     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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