Energy Absorption by Thin-Walled Tubes with various Thicknesses in Rectangular and Square Sections under Different Quasi-Static Conditions: Experimental and Numerical Studies

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

K. Hoseini Safari ¹ , Y. Mohammadi ² , Sajjad Dehghanpour ³

1 - Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Eng., Toyserkan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Toyserkan, Iran

Received: 2015-07-12 Accepted : 2017-10-31 Published : 2016-06-01

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