Multidisciplinary design optimisation of elastomeric mounting systems in automotive vehicles

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 365-382

  Ma, Zheng Dong ^a   Qi, Chang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

buckling; crash worthiness; durability; elastomeric mounting system; multidisciplinary design optimisation; NVH; stability analysis; structural optimisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645036471     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijpd.2005.005947     Document Type: Article

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