Probabilistic analysis of an automotive body-door system

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-125

  Kloess, Artemis ^a   Mourelatos, Zissimos P ^a   Meernik, Paul R ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Kriging; Probabilistic methods; Reliability analysis; Response surface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING;

AUTOMOTIVE BODY-DOOR SYSTEM; KRIGING; RESPONSE SURFACE;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EID: 1342329914     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2004.003896     Document Type: Article

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