A multibody/finite element analysis approach for modeling of crash dynamic responses

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 382-387

  Ma, D ^a   Lankarani, H M ^b  

^a Systems Research Lab Inc   (United States)

^b Wichita State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HUMAN FORM MODELS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPLINES;

MULTIBODY MODEL;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031232953     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826359     Document Type: Article

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