Decomposition-based assembly synthesis of a three-dimensional body-in-white model for structural stiffness

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-48

  Lyu, Naesung ^a   Saitou, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ASSEMBLY SYNTHESIS; DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 17444387374     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1799551     Document Type: Article

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