Analytical modelling of the static and dynamic axial collapse of thin-walled fibreglass composite conical shells

✍ Scribed by A.G. Mamalis; D.E. Manolakos; G.A. Demosthenous; M.B. Ioannidis

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 945 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0734-743X
• DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(97)00007-9

✦ Synopsis

Summm'y--A theoretical analysis of the observed stable collapse mechanism of thin-walled circular frusta and tubes, crushed under axial static and/or dynamic loading, for calculating crushing loads and the energy absorbed during collapse, is reported. The analysis is based on experimental observations regarding the energy-absorbing collapse mechanisms developed during the crushing process. The proposed theoretical model was experimentally verified and proved to be very efficient for theoretically predicting the energy-absorbing capability of the conical shells.