Experimental studies on the quasi-static bending behavior of double square tubes filled with aluminum foam

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 349-358

  Guo, L W ^a   Yu, J L ^a   Li, Z B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (FORMING); CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FILLERS; LOADS (FORCES);

BENDING BEHAVIOR; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; FOAM-FILLED STRUCTURES; QUASI-STATIC EXPERIMENTS; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; THREE POINT BENDING; TUBE STRUCTURES; WALL THICKNESS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84655177530     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-010-0281-1     Document Type: Article

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