Roof-crush strength improvement using rigid polyurethane foam

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Lilley, Kurt ^a   Mani, A ^b  

^a Foamseal Urethane Technology ITW

^b EASi Engrg ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE FRAMES; BENDING TESTS; FILLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POWERTRAINS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; ROOFS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; NOISE , VIBRATION AND HARSHNESS; NON-LINEAR FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION; POLYURETHANE FOAM; RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAMS; STRENGTH IMPROVEMENTS; VARIOUS DENSITIES;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 85072445485     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/960435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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