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Vehicle System Dynamics
International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility
Volume 47, 2009 - Issue 10
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Mitigating the effect of impact loading on a vehicle using an essentially nonlinear absorber

D. Wang Department of Aeronautical Structural Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, People’s Republic of China
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Y. S. Lee Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
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D. M. McFarland Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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L. A. Bergman Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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A. F. Vakakis Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA; Department of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Pages 1183-1204 | Received 02 Jun 2008, Accepted 03 Oct 2008, Published online: 04 Sep 2009

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