List of 10 milestone crashworthiness publications, which led to the development of macro element methodology
- Alexander, J. M. An approximate analysis of the collapse of thin cylindrical shells under axial loading, Q. J. Mech. Appl. Math., 13, 1, 10-15, 1960
- Johnson, W., Impact Strength of Materials, Edward Arnold (Publishers) Limited, 1972
- Johnson, W. and Mamalis, A. G., Crashworthiness of Vehicles, Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd London, 1978.
- Kecman, D., Bending collapse of rectangular and square section tubes in relation to the bus roll over problem, PhD Thesis, Canfield Institute of Technology, UK, (1979).
- Structural Crashworthiness (Jones, N. & Wierzbicki, W. Editors) , Butterworth, 1983
- The Manual of Crashworthiness Engineering, (Wierzbicki & Abramowicz main contributors) Center of Transportation Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988-1991.
- Norman Jones, Structural Impact, Cambridge University Press, 1989.
- Abramowicz, W., Wierzbicki, T., Axial crushing of multicorner sheet metal columns., J. App. Mech., 56, 1, 113-120, (1989).
- Abramowicz, W., Macro element method in crashworthiness of Vehicles in Crashworthiness – energy management and occupant protection (Ambrosio J. Editor), SpringerWienNewYork, 2001.
- Abramowicz, W., An alternative formulation of the FE method for arbitrary discrete/continuous models, Int. J. Impact Engng., 30, 8-9, 1081-1098, (2004).