Optimization of design utility

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 801-808

  Thurston, D L ^a   Carnahan, J V ^a   Liu, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BUMPERS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; DECISION THEORY; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FUNCTION EVALUATION; MANUFACTURE; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE;

AUTOMOTIVE BUMPER BEAM DESIGN; DECISION VARIABLE BEAM GAUGE; DESIGN UTILITY; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0028494617     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2919453     Document Type: Article

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