A methodology for early front end structural design to meet safety requirements using CAE tools

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD

Volumn 225, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-6

  Wang, Han ^a   Hammoud, Hassen ^a   Johnson, David ^a   Bakkar, Jamal ^a  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE TESTING; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE FCRASH; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MYDAMO; VEHICLE FRONT END DESIGN;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 0031375495     PISSN: 01608835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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