Decomposition-based assembly synthesis for structural stiffness

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 452-463

  Lyu, Naesung ^a   Saitou, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE FRAMES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GRAPH THEORY; PASSENGER CARS; STIFFNESS; TORSIONAL STRESS; WELDS;

DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; SPOT WELD JOINTS; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS; TORSIONAL SPRING;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0141731336     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1582879     Document Type: Article

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