Weight reduction in automotive structures-an experimental study on torsional stiffness of box sections

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-70

  Pine, T ^a   Lee, M M K ^a   Jones, T B ^a,b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automotive structures; Box sections; Torsional stiffness; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008901497     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407991526685     Document Type: Article

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