Numerical investigation of axial crushing behavior of a tailor welded tube

Materials and Design

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 587-595

  Gedikli, Hasan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ASPECT RATIO; CRASHWORTHINESS; CRUSHING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; WELDING;

ABSORBED ENERGY; AXIAL CRUSHING; EFFECTS OF MATERIALS; FORCE VARIATION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TAILOR-WELDED TUBES; TUBE LENGTH; TUBULAR MEMBERS;

HIGH STRENGTH STEEL;

EID: 84866276452     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.08.050     Document Type: Article

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