Energy Absorption of Structures and Materials

Energy Absorption of Structures and Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-403

  Lu, Guoxing ^a   Yu, Tongxi ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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