
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Impact velocity and initial length influence on the crushing behaviour
of TWCF open section members under axial impact
M. Kotełko & R.J. Mania
Łód´z University of Technology, Department of Strength of Materials, Łód´z, Stefanowskiego, Poland
M. Jankowski
Design & Research Center OKB, Brójce, Bukowiec, Rokici´nska, Poland
ABSTRACT: The paper is devoted to the study of transition between progressive dynamic buckling and global
bending failure of axially loaded open section steel columns subjected