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Department of Mechanical Engineering

The effects of blast induced imperfections on the energy absorption characteristics of square tubes

Abstract

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This investigation examines how blast-induced imperfections at opposite sides of a square tube affect the thin-wall structure and reduce its crush load when compressed in the axial direction i.e. its energy absorption characteristics.

Degree

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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Year dc:date.issued
2006

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Yuen, Steeve Chung Kim
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Nurick, Gerald N

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5446
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5446

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Yuen, Steeve Chung Kim. The effects of blast induced imperfections on the energy absorption characteristics of square tubes. Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5446