A comparative study on the windowed and multi-cell square tubes under axial and oblique loading

• Main Authors: Song, Jie, Guo, Fenglin
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106695; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16639; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2013.02.002
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The collapse of thin-walled tubes under axial and oblique loading is frequently encountered in real crash events. The windowing and multi-cell methods are effective in improving tubes' energy absorbing performance. In this paper, a comparative study on the performance of windowed and multi-cell...