Composite sandwich structures with nested inserts for energy absorption application

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 904-916

  Tarlochan, F ^a   Ramesh, S ^b  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Crush force efficiency; Energy absorption; Failure mechanism; Sandwich structure

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED ENERGY; COMPOSITE SANDWICH STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE SANDWICHES; CONVENTIONAL METALS; CRUSH FORCE EFFICIENCY; ENERGY ABSORBERS; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FAILURE MECHANISM; HIGH-ENERGY ABSORPTION; IN-VEHICLE; MODES OF FAILURE; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; PEAK FORCE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; PRIMARY STRUCTURES; QUASI-STATIC COMPRESSION; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; VEHICLE MASS;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPRESSION TESTING; CRASHWORTHINESS; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EPOXY RESINS;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 84855191776     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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