Automotive box section design under torsion Part 1: Finite element modelling strategy

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 347-359

  Lee, M M K ^a   Pine, T ^b   Jones, T B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adhesive bonding; Automotive box sections; Finite element modelling; Spot welding; Torsional stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; BONDING; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER BEAM WELDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPOT WELDING; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TORSIONAL STRESS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADHESIVE BONDING; AUTOMOTIVE BOX SECTIONS; TORSIONAL STIFFNESS; ULTIMATE STRENGTH; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0033677910     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407001527673     Document Type: Article

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