Citation

Mamalis AG, Manolakos DE, Ioannidis MB, Spentzas KN, Koutroubakis S. Int. J. Crashworthiness 2008; 13(2): 117-126.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13588260701731781

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper deals with the implementation of FE code LS-DYNA to simulate the crush behaviour and energy absorption characteristics of foam-filled thin-walled steel rectangular tubes under quasi-static axial loading conditions. The obtained numerical results are compared with actual experimental data from small-scale models and satisfactory level of agreement between calculations and test results was obtained regarding the main crushing characteristics, crash energy absorption and overall crushing response.