Effect of member length on the parameter estimates of joints

Computers and Structures

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 381-391

  Lee, K ^a   Nikolaidis, E ^b  

^a Korea University of Technology and Education   (South Korea)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive joints; Concept models; Decomposition of deformation; Joint flexibility; Joint members; System identification

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

TORSIONAL SPRING CONSTANTS;

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0032142590     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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