Influence of cross-sectional geometry on crush characteristics of multi-cell prismatic columns

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Najafi, Ali ^a,b   Rais Rohani, Masoud ^a,b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; GEOMETRY; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; CROSSSECTIONAL GEOMETRY; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT RESPONSE; NONLINEAR TRANSIENT DYNAMICS; PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; TOTAL INTERNAL ENERGY;

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

EID: 85060143210     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-2014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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