Crashworthiness design optimization using successive response surface approximations

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 409-421

  Kurtaran, H ^a   Eskandarian, Azim ^a   Marzougui, D ^a   Bedewi, N E ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Design optimization; Finite element method; Response surface methodology

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 0036814862     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-002-0351-x     Document Type: Article

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