Crashworthiness Design Optimization of Energy-Absorbing Rails for the Automotive Industry

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD

Volumn 251, Issue , 2001, Pages 191-202

  Kurtaran, Hasan ^a   Omar, Tarek ^a   Eskandarian, Azim ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MACHINE DESIGN; SAFETY FACTOR; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

VEHICLE RAIL STRUCTURE;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0242408909     PISSN: 01608835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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