Structural Topology for Crashworthiness Design by Matching Plastic Strain and Stress Levels

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD

Volumn 251, Issue , 2001, Pages 223-230

  Soto, Ciro A ^a  

^a FORD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRASHWORTHINESS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRAIN; STRESSES; TOPOLOGY;

STRESS LEVELS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0242408908     PISSN: 01608835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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