Energy-based crashworthiness optimization for multiple vehicle impacts

Transportation 2004: Transportation and Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 11-16

  Fang, H ^a   Solanki, K ^a   Horstemeyer, M F ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND VEHICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS;

FRONTAL IMPACT; METAMODELS; MULTIPLE VEHICLE IMPACT; SIDE IMPACT;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 21244469856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/imece2004-59123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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