Design for energy absorption: A topology optimization approach

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 493-497

  Gea, Hae Chang ^a   Luo, Jianhui ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Regional strain energy; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; TENSORS; TOPOLOGY; VEHICLES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; STRAIN ENERGY;

IMPACT ENERGY; REGIONAL STRAIN ENERGY; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; ADJOINT METHODS; DESIGN OBJECTIVES; ENERGY FORMULATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; VEHICLE STRUCTURES;

PRODUCT DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING;

EID: 1542645684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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