Research Article

Local Thickening and Friction Reducing to Constant Resistance in a Prefolded Energy Absorption Device

Table 3

Variance of the load-displacement curve of the device under a different friction coefficient and different thickening height.

Hf
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09.12 × 1045.92 × 1047.76 × 1041.32 × 1053.18 × 105
141.92 × 1051.21 × 1051.09 × 1052.07 × 1053.22 × 105
282.37 × 1052.19 × 1052.05 × 1052.08 × 1051.86 × 105
421.90 × 1051.64 × 1051.29 × 1051.16 × 1051.13 × 105
568.91 × 1032.84 × 1047.83 × 1041.59 × 1052.53 × 105
701.68 × 1052.07 × 1052.61 × 1053.54 × 1054.49 × 105