Application of topological optimization techniques to structural crashworthiness

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1383-1403

  Mayer, R R ^a   Kikuchi, N ^b   Scott, A ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive structure optimization; Crashworhtiness; Homogenization; Topology design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTICITY; STRAIN; TOPOLOGY; YIELD STRESS;

AUTOMOTIVE BODY STRUCTURE DESIGN; CRASH ANALYSIS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; OPTIMALITY CRITERIA; PLASTIC MODULI; RESIZING ALGORITHM; STRAIN ENERGY; TOPOLOGICAL OPTIMIZATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0030129616     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960430)39:8<1383::AID-NME909>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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