Weight and crash optimization of foam-filled three-dimensional "S" frame

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-424

  Kim, H S ^a   Chen, W ^a   Wierzbicki, T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash energy absorption; S frame; Specific energy absorption; Weight optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STIFFNESS;

FOAM FILLED THREE DIMENSIONAL S FRAME; GAUGE THICKNESS; RELATIVE FOAM DENSITY; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; WEIGHT OPTIMIZATION; WIDTH OF THE COLUMN WALL;

AUTOMOBILE FRAMES;

EID: 0036577764     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-002-0306-2     Document Type: Article

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