Automobile body reinforcement by finite element optimization

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 879-893

  Wang, Liangsheng ^a   Basu, Prodyot K ^a   Leiva, Juan Pablo ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Vanderplaats Research and Development Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Reinforcement; Sizing optimization; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; REINFORCEMENT; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

SIZING OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EID: 1542610588     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(03)00118-5     Document Type: Article

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