A numerical study on the optimal geometric design of speed control humps

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-100

  Khorshid, Emad ^a   Alfares, Mohammed ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Nonlinear programming; Optimal geometric design; Speed control hump

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIAPHRAGMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; ROADS AND STREETS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

DESIGN LIMITATION; OPTIMAL GEOMETRIC DESIGNS; SPEED CONTROL HUMPS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 1642483701     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052150310001634871     Document Type: Article

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