Experimental and analytical assessment of axial crushing of circular hybrid tubes under quasi-static load

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1959-1966

  Mirzaei, M ^a   Shakeri, M ^b   Sadighi, M ^b   Akbarshahi, H ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Axial crushing; Circular hybrid tubes; Energy absorption; Stacking sequence

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED ENERGY; ALUMINUM TUBES; ANGLE-PLY; AXIAL CRUSHING; CIRCULAR HYBRID TUBES; COMPOSITE LAYER; COMPOSITE WALL; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MEAN CRUSHING LOAD; MULTI ANGLE; PLY ANGLES; PLY ORIENTATION; QUASI-STATIC; QUASI-STATIC LOADS; STACKING SEQUENCE; WALL THICKNESS;

ACCIDENTS; ALUMINUM; ANALYTICAL MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; METALS; MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CRUSHING;

EID: 84859485364     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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