Automotive box section design under torsion part 2: Behaviour and implications on weight reduction

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

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 473-484

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automotive box sections; Spot welding, adhesive bonding; Torsional stiffness; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

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

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

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0033678080     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407001527763     Document Type: Article

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