Multi-objective optimisation of composite absorber shape under crashworthiness requirements

Composite Structures

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 433-441

  Lanzi, L ^a   Castelletti, L M L ^a   Anghileri, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite absorbers; Crashworthiness; Radial Basis Functions; Shape optimisation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

CONICITY; ECCENTRICITY;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

COMPOSITE; IMPACT; OPTIMIZATION; SHAPE;

EID: 3042651561     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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