Energy absorption of thin-walled beams with a pre-folded origami pattern

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 198-206

  Ma, Jiayao ^a   You, Zhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy absorption; Lateral crushing; Origami pattern; Thin walled beam

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE MODE; ENERGY ABSORPTION STRUCTURE; LATERAL COLLAPSE; ORIGAMI PATTERN; PEAK FORCE; QUASI-STATIC; SQUARE CROSS SECTION; THIN-WALLED BEAM;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

EID: 84884322001     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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