Nonlinear structural analysis of vehicle body panels

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 533-547

  Xia, Houchun ^a   Xue, David Y ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanics; Nonlinear analysis; Vehicle design; Vehicle structures

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; VEHICLE STRUCTURES;

AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 0030709738     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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