Crush energy and structural characterization

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Welsh, Kevin J ^a   Struble, Donald E ^a  

^a Struble Welsh Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS;

ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; RESIDUAL DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; STRUCTURAL MODELS; THREE-PARAMETER MODELS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 85072421318     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-0099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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