Automotive crashworthiness design using response surface-based variable screening and optimization

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-61

  Craig, K J ^a   Stander, Nielen ^b   Dooge, D A ^c   Varadappa, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b LIVERMORE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^d Quantum Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Design for assembly; Optimization techniques; Road vehicle engineering; Statistical methods of analysis

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; ROAD VEHICLE ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 13844294448     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400510572406     Document Type: Article

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