Experimental and numerical investigation on crush resistance of polygonal columns and angle elements

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-36

  Zhang, Xiong ^a,c   Zhang, Hui ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUBEI KEY LABORATORY OF ENGINEERING STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Angle element; Axial crushing; Energy absorption; Polygonal column; Tube

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ANGLE ELEMENT; AXIAL CRUSHING; CRUSH RESISTANCE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEFORMATION MODES; INSTRON; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; QUASI-STATIC; TUBE;

AXIAL COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION;

CRUSHING;

EID: 84860288384     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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