ENERGY ABSORPTION OF STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS

By H. JORAA

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES APPLICATIONS OF ENERGY-ABSORBING STRUCTURES/MATERIALS DESIGN OF ENERGY-ABSORBING STRUCTURES AND SELECTION OF ENERGY-ABSORBING MATERIALS METHODOLOGY OF ANALYSING ENERGY-ABSORPTION CAPACITIES IDEALISATION OF MATERIALS’ BEHAVIOUR LIMIT ANALYSIS AND BOUND THEOREMS EFFECTS OF LARGE DEFORMATION EFFECTS OF DYNAMIC LOADING ENERGY METHOD DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURAL MODELS EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES RINGS AND RING SYSTEMS RING COMPRESSED BY TWO POINT LOADS RING PULLED BY TWO POINT LOADS BUILT-IN SEMI-CIRCULAR ARCH UNDER POINT LOADS RING COMPRESSED BY TWO ?AT PLATES LATERALLY CONSTRAINED TUBES ONE-DIMENSIONAL RING SYSTEM UNDER END IMPACT LATERAL CRUSHING OF ARRAYS OF CIRCULAR TUBES OTHER RING/TUBE SYSTEMS CONCLUDING REMARKS THIN-WALLED MEMBERS UNDER TRANSVERSE LOADING CIRCULAR TUBE UNDER POINT LOADING INDENTATION OF A CIRCULAR TUBE BY A BLUNT WEDGE BENDING COLLAPSE OF THIN-WALLED MEMBERS OTHER LOADING SYSTEMS AND COMMENTS AXIAL CRUSHING OF THIN-WALLED MEMBERS CIRCULAR TUBES SQUARE TUBES TOP-HAT AND DOUBLE-HAT SECTIONS EFFECT OF FOAM ?LLING FURTHER REMARKS IMPACT ON STRUCTURES AND INERTIA-SENSITIVITY LOCAL DEFORMATION OF STRUCTURES DUE TO IMPACT INERTIA-SENSITIVE ENERGY-ABSORBING STRUCTURES PLASTIC DEFORMATION WITH DUCTILE TEARING MEASUREMENT OF TEARING ENERGY AXIAL SPLITTING OF CIRCULAR METAL TUBES AXIAL SPLITTING OF SQUARE METAL TUBES PIERCING OF METAL TUBES CUTTING OF METAL PLATES BY A WEDGE CYLINDRICAL AND SPHERICAL SHELLS TUBE INVERSION TUBE INTERNAL NOSING INVERSION OF A SPHERICAL SHELL PROPAGATING COLLAPSE OF A SUBMARINE PIPE CELLULAR MATERIALS HONEYCOMBS FOAMS WOOD IMPACT RESPONSE OF CELLULAR MATERIALS CELLULAR TEXTILE COMPOSITES COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES FACTORS THAT IN?UENCE THE ENERGY-ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS AXIAL CRUSHING OF CIRCULAR TUBES AXIAL CRUSHING OF TUBES WITH OTHER GEOMETRIES TUBES UNDER BENDING COMMENTS ON THE CRUSHING OF COMPOSITE TUBES AXIAL CRUSHING OF COMPOSITE WRAPPED METAL TUBES COMPOSITE SANDWICH PANELS CASE STUDIES ROCKFALL PROTECTIVE NET PACKAGING USING PLASTIC FOAMS DESIGN OF VEHICLE INTERIOR TRIM CORRUGATED GUARDRAIL BEAMS REFERENCES