Crashworthiness of high and low pressure hydroformed straight section aluminum tubes

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Williams, B W ^a   Oliveira, D A ^a   Worswick, M J ^a   Mayer, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GM RandD Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MANGANESE ALLOYS; STRAIN HARDENING; TERNARY ALLOYS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ALUMINUM ALLOY TUBES; ALUMINUM TUBES; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HIGH PRESSURE PROCESS; LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS; LOW PRESSURES; LOW-PRESSURE OPERATIONS; VEHICLE WEIGHTS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 85072459454     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2005-01-0095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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