Inverse Problem of Specifying Combustion Parameters in the Design of Airbag Inflators with Neural Networks

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 171-197

  Hsieh, W H ^a   Chen, C Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Combustion; Inflator; Inverse problem; Neural network

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; VECTORS;

AIRBAG INFLATORS;

AUTOMOBILE AIR BAGS;

EID: 0032309681     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209808924170     Document Type: Article

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