MULTI-AXIAL COLLAPSE OF RECTANGULAR SECTION TUBES AND ITS MODELLING IN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

The paper reviews the main results of the theoretical and experimental analysis of the multiaxial collapse modes in rectangular section tubes used in bus and other vehicle structures. The tubes were tested quasistatically to collapse under the uniaxial bending, biaxial bending, pure torsion, torsion combined with uniaxial bending and torsion combined with biaxial bending. Hinge characteristics under multiaxial loading were simulated by a combination of the uniaxial collapse data. The analytical model compared well with the experiments. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 863693.

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  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • TODOROVSKA-AZIEVSKA, L
  • KECMAN, D
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VEHICLE STRUCTURAL MECHANICS, (P-210). SAE TECHNICAL PAPER 880896
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 111-22

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Conferences; Crashes; Deformation; Finite element method; Impacts; Loads; Mathematical analysis; Motor vehicle bodies; Simulation
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 1356: Body (car); 1272: Bus; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 5595: Deformation; 6490: Finite element method; 5567: Load; 5471: Shock; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00662393
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-89883-470-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 28 1994 12:00AM