Structural Crashworthiness and Failure - 9781851669691

CRC Press

This book contains twelve invited lectures from the Third International Symposium on Structural Crashworthiness. Particular emphasis is given to the failure predictions for ductile metal structures under large dynamic loads and to the behaviour of composite and cellular structures. > This book contains twelve invited lectures from the Third International Symposium on Structural Crashworthiness. Particular emphasis is given to the failure predictions for ductile metal structures under large dynamic loads and to the behaviour of composite and cellular structures. > Failure in ductile materials using finite element methods. Modelling the process of failure in structures. Criteria for the inelastic rupture of ductile metal beams subjected to large dynamic loads. Strain localization and fracture in metal sheets and thin-walled structures. Impact on metal tubes: indentation and perforation. Composite strength and energy absorption as an aspect of structural crash resistance. Crash reg