Design of thin wall structures for energy absorption applications: Enhancement of crashworthiness due to axial and oblique impact forces

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-17

  Tarlochan, F ^a   Samer, F ^b   Hamouda, A M S ^c   Ramesh, S ^d   Khalid, Karam ^a  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANBAR   (Iraq)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Axial impact; Crashworthiness; Energy absorption; Oblique impact

Indexed keywords

AXIAL IMPACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; CRUSH FORCE EFFICIENCY; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; OBLIQUE IMPACT; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; THIN-WALL STRUCTURES;

CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

DESIGN;

EID: 84878861797     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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