Axial crushing tests of thin-walled steel square tubes with pyramid patterns

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ma, Jiayao ^a   Le, Yuan ^a   You, Zhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL CRUSHING; COLLAPSE MODE; COST ADVANTAGES; ENERGY ABSORBERS; ENERGY ABSORPTION CAPABILITY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SURFACE PATTERN; THIN WALLED TUBES; THIN-WALLED;

ABSORPTION; CRUSHING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84855636599     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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