Dynamic axial crushing of empty and foam-filled conical aluminium tubes: experimental and numerical analysis

This paper presents the crushing behaviour of empty and foam-filled conical tubes under axial dynamic loading. A nonlinear finite element (FE) model was developed and validated against experiments. The validated model was subsequently used to assess the beneficial of foam filling with regards to the...

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Main Authors: Mat, Fauziah, Ismail, Khairul Azwan, Ahmad, Masniezam, Yaacob, Sazali, Inayatullah, Othman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Trans Tech Publications 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37171/
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