Title Composite crashworthy structures : manufacture and modelling / by Michael Silcock

Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006

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Description [vii], ii, 284 leaves : illustrations ; 30 cm Summary This study presents an innovative finite element delamination model which successfully reproduced the experimental failure behaviour observed in axial crush testing. Tests were conducted on tubes manufactured by a novel composite curing process, resulting in the ability to cure tubular profiles in 7 minutes - 95% quicker than traditional autoclave curing Notes Submitted to the Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University Degree conferred 2007 Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2006 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (leaves 273-284) Subject Composite materials in automobiles -- Crashworthiness -- Computer simulation. Composite materials -- Mathematical models. Automobiles -- Dynamics -- Computer simulation. Finite element method. Genre/Form Academic theses. Author Deakin University. Faculty of Science and Technology. Deakin University. Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation

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