Flexible cellular solid spokes of a non-pneumatic tire

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2285-2295

  Ju, Jaehyung ^a   Kim, Doo Man ^b   Kim, Kwangwon ^b  

^a Center for Advanced Research and Technology   (United States)

^b Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airless tire; Cellular solids; Compliant design; Honeycombs; Lattice structures; Non pneumatic tire (NPT)

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING AND BENDING; CELL WALLS; CELL-WALL THICKNESS; CELLULAR SOLIDS; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; ELASTIC LIMIT; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; GEOMETRIC NON-LINEARITY; HEXAGONAL HONEYCOMB; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; HONEYCOMBS; LATTICE STRUCTURES; LOCAL STRESS; LOW MASS; NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE (NPT); PNEUMATIC TIRES; UNI-AXIAL LOADING; VERTICAL LOAD; VERTICAL LOADINGS;

ABAQUS; LOAD LIMITS; LOADING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

EID: 84862817128     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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