Don't Let Those Structural Components Crumple Around You

LANCASTER, PA - 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. The information from this research has provided 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.

Now published, Crashworthiness of Composite Thin-Walled Structural Components provides an in-depth, illustrated survey of both the technology and applications of this growing field The authors, Dr. A.G. Mamalis, Dr. D.E. Manolakos, Dr. G.A. Demosthenous, and Dr. M.B. Ioannidis, are with the National Technical University of Athens.

The monograph is intended to illustrate and indicate the engineering design outlets and applications of analytical work, mainly on fracture and failure, and new notions and considerations in vehicle engineering situations.

Crashworthiness provides an excellent introduction to terms, concepts, and sources of literature in the field. It will be a valuable guide for engineers, professors, and students involved in the design and engineering industry.

Chapter titles include: Vehicle Crashworthiness * Failure Mechanisms of Composites * Energy Absorption Capability of Thin-Walled Composite Structural Components * Circular Tubes * Square/Rectangular Tubes * Circular Frusta * Square Frusta * Automotive Sections * Classification of Macro- and Microfailure Modes and Quantitative Data

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