Energy dissipation and associated failure modes when axially loading polygonal thin-walled cylinders
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1991
Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Abstract
The crumpling mechanisms of thin-walled octagonal steel tubes subjected to axial static compression and their efficiency as energy absorbing components under impact conditions are investigated and compared with the equivalent circular and square tubes of same material. Both inextensional and extensible collapse mechanisms are theoretically analysed. Theoretically predicted values based on the deformation modes encountered, as well as experimentally obtained ones, are compared and found to be in good agreement.
Publication Title
Thin-Walled Structures
Recommended Citation
Mamalis, A.,
Manolakos, D.,
Baldoukas, A.,
&
Viegelahn, G.
(1991).
Energy dissipation and associated failure modes when axially loading polygonal thin-walled cylinders.
Thin-Walled Structures,
12(1), 17-34.
http://doi.org/10.1016/0263-8231(91)90024-D
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