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Professor Wlodzimierz (Wlodek) Abramowicz

Institute of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering,Warsaw University of Technology
Formerly:
University of Liverpool

Selected Publications:
Abramowicz W. Simplified crushing analysis of thin-walled columns and beams. Engineering Transactions 1983;29:3-27.
Abramowicz, W., The effective crushing distance in axially compressed thin walled metal columns, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 1, 309–317, 1983.
Wierzbicki T, Abramowicz W. On the crushing mechanics of thin-walled structures. J Appl Mech 
1983;50(4):727–734. 

Abramowicz W, Jones N. Dynamic axial crushing of square tubes. Int J Impact Engng 
1984;2(2):179–208. 

Abramowicz W, Jones N. Dynamic axial crushing of circular tubes. Int J Impact Engng 
1984;2(3):263–281.
Jones N, Abramowicz W. Static and dynamic axial crushing of circular and square tubes. In: Reid 
SR, editor. Metal forming and impact mechanics. New York: Pergamon Press, 1985:225–247.
Abramowicz, W., and Jones, N., 1986, “Dynamic progressive buckling of circular and square tubes,” Int. J. Impact Eng. 4 , pp. 243–270.
Abramowicz W, Wierzbicki T. Axial crushing of foam-filled columns. Int J Mech Sci 
1988;30(3/4):263–271.
Abramowicz W, Wierzbicki T. Axial crushing of multicorner sheet metal columns. J Appl Mech 
1989;56(1):113–120.
Wierzbicki, T., and Abramowicz, W., 1989, “The Mechanics of Deep Plastic Collapse of Thin-Walled Structures,” in Structural Failure", T.Wierzbicki and N.Jones, eds., Wiley, New York, pp. 281–329
Wierzbicki T, Bhat SU, Abramowicz W, Brodkin D. Alexander revisited: a two folding elements model of progressive crushing of tubes. Int J Solids Struct 1992;29(24):3269–3288.
Wierzbicki, T., Recke, L., Abramowicz W., Gholami, T. "Stress Profiles in Thin-Walled Prismatic Columns Subjected to Crush Loading, Part I Compression." Computers and Structures 51, no. 6 (1994): 611-623.
Wierzbicki, T., Recke, L., Abramowicz W., Gholami, T. "Stress Profiles in Thin-Walled Prismatic Columns Subjected to Crush Loading, Part II Bending." Computers and Structures 51, no. 6 (1994): 624-641.
Abramowicz, W. "Extermal Paths In Progressive Plasticity." International Journal of Impact Engineering 18, no. 7-8 (1996): 753-764.

Abramowicz W, Jones N. Transition from initial global bending to progressive buckling of tubes 
loaded statically and dynamically. Int J Impact Engng 1997;19(5/6):415–437. 

Jones N, Abramowicz W, Static and dynamic axial crushing of circular square tubes, Int. J. Solid Structures, 1997, 6:567-591.
White, M. D., Jones, N. and Abramowicz, W., A theoretical analysis for the quasi-static axial crushing of top-hat and double-hat thin-walled sections, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 41, 209–233, 1999.
W. Abramowicz, “Macro element method on crashworthiness of vehicles,” in Crashworthiness: Energy Management and Occupant Protection, J. Ambrosio, Ed., Springer, New York, NY, USA, 2001.
Abramowicz W., 2003, Thin-walled structures as impact energy absorbers, Thin-Walled Structures, 41, 91-107

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