Energy Absorption Due to Oblique Impact Crushing of Thin-Walled Tubes

From the viewpoint of improving both the crash safety and the fuel efficiency, various shaped thin-walled tubes have been utilized as energy absorbers of automobiles such as front side members, crash boxes and so forth. In the axial crushing test of the regular polygonal tube, if the number of angle...

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Main Authors: Umeda Tsutomu, Mimura Koji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2018-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818304001