Vehicle crashworthiness design and analysis by means of nonlinear flexible multibody dynamics

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-330

  Ambrósio, Jorge A C ^a   Gonçalves, João P C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Contact models; Crashworthiness; Energy absorption management; Multibody dynamics; Nonlinear finite elements; Vehicle dynamics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; KINEMATICS;

FINITE ELEMENT NODAL; NONLINEAR FLEXIBLE MULTIBODY DYNAMICS; VEHICLE COMPONENTS;

AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 0035686297     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2001.005208     Document Type: Article

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