A sensitivity-based commonality strategy for family products of mild variation, with application to automotive body structures

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 89-96

  Fellini, R ^a   Kokkolaras, M ^a   Michelena, N ^a   Papalambros, P ^a   Perez Duarte, A ^a   Saitou, K ^a   Fenyes, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive body; Optimal design; Product family; Product platform

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SET THEORY; VECTORS;

AUTOMOTIVE BODY; MILD VARIANTS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PRODUCT FAMILY; PRODUCT PLATFORM;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 2642556320     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-003-0356-x     Document Type: Article

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