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Crashworthiness of Composite Thin-Walled Structures (Hardcover)
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Crashworthiness of Composite Thin-Walled Structures (Hardcover)
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FROM THE INTRODUCTION
Vehicle crashworthiness has been improving in recent years with
attention mainly directed towards reducing the impact of the crash
on the passengers. Effort has been spent in experimental research
and in establishing safe theoretical design criteria on the
mechanics of crumpling, providing to the engineers the ability to
design vehicle structures so that the maximum amount of energy will
dissipate while the material surrounding the passenger compartment
is deformed, thus protecting the people inside.
During the last decade the attention given to crashworthiness and
crash energy management has been centered on composite structures.
The main advantages of fibre reinforced composite materials over
more conventional isotropic materials, are the very high specific
strengths and specific stiffness which can be achieved. Moreover,
with composites, the designer can vary the type of fibre, matrix
and fibre orientation to produce composites with proved material
properties. Besides the perspective of reduced weight, design
flexibility and low fabrication costs, composite materials offer a
considerable potential for lightweight energy absorbing structures;
these facts attract the attention of the automotive and aircraft
industry owing to the increased use of composite materials in
various applications, such as frame rails used in the apron
construction of a car body and the subfloor of an aircraft,
replacing the conventional materials used.
Our monograph is intended to provide an introduction to this
relatively new topic of structural crashworthiness for professional
engineers. It will introduce them to terms and concepts of it and
acquaint them with some sources of literature about it. We believe
that our survey constitutes a reasonably well-balanced synopsis of
the topic.
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