Structural Crashworthiness and Failure

Abstract

Failure in ductile material 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 localisation and fracture in metal sheets and thin walled structures; impact on metal tubes; indentation and perforation; composite strength and energy adsorption as an aspect of structural crash resistance; crash response of composite structures; dynamic compression of cellular structures and materials; elastic effects in the dynamic plastic response of structure; impact performance of aluminium structures, motorway impact attenuation devices: past, present and future; and grounding damage of ships

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 16, 1993
Accession Number
ADA270429

Entities

People

  • Norman Jones
  • Tomasz Wierzbicki

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineers
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Plastic Properties
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Materials science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.