EXPERIMENTAL STUDY INTO THE ENERGY ABSORBING CHARACTERISTICS OF TOP-HAT AND DOUBLE-HAT SECTIONS SUBJECTED TO DYNAMIC AXIAL CRUSHING
Dynamic axial crushing tests have been carried out on thin-walled top-hat and double-hat spot-welded mild steel sections which are used for structural crashworthy purposes in the automobile industry. Several post-test collapse modes were identified for the structures and the associated energy absorbing characteristics have been examined and compared with previous tests. A new empirical equation is suggested which relates the dynamic structural effectiveness to the structural density of top-hat and double-hat sections. (A)
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Authors:
- WHITE, M D
- JONES, N
- Publication Date: 1999
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 259-78
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Serial:
- Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering
- Volume: 213
- Issue Number: D3
- Publisher: Sage Publications Limited
- ISSN: 0954-4070
- EISSN: 2041-2991
- Serial URL: http://pid.sagepub.com/content/current
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Axis; Buckling; Crashes; Crushing; Deformation; Energy; Steel; Vehicles
- ITRD Terms: 6405: Axis; 5522: Buckling; 1631: Collision; 5176: Crushing; 5595: Deformation; 213: Energy; 4542: Steel; 1255: Vehicle
- Subject Areas: Energy; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00793659
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Jun 15 2000 12:00AM