# THE CRASHWORTHINESS BEHAVIOUR OF FILAMENT WOUND HEXAGONAL GLASS FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITE TUBES

> Title: THE CRASHWORTHINESS BEHAVIOUR OF FILAMENT WOUND HEXAGONAL GLASS FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITE TUBES Page Range: p.653-654 Author(s): Alkbir M F M; Hamouda A M S; Sapuan S M; Mahdi E File size: Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal:...

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Published: 2007-08-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: THE CRASHWORTHINESS BEHAVIOUR OF FILAMENT WOUND HEXAGONAL GLASS FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITE TUBES**
 Page Range: p.653-654
 Author(s): Alkbir M F M; Hamouda A M S; Sapuan S M; Mahdi E
 File size:
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 15
 Issue No: No.8

**Abstract**
 The crashworthiness parameters with reference to the axial direction was examined for filament-wound hexagonal glass/epoxy composite tubes 45-mm long and with a hexagonal angle of 45 degrees for use in automobiles. The energy-absorption properties and load-carrying capacity of the resulting assemblies were determined under a quasi-static axial compressive load. The quasi-static axial crushing behaviour of the composite tubes was markedly affected by the post-crushing stage; the tubes showed high crashworthiness parameters. 1 ref.

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