Optimal crashworthiness design of a spot-welded thin-walled hat section

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 846-855

  Xiang, Yujiang ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Fan, Zijie ^b   Fang, Hongbing ^c  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Hat sections; Optimization; Response surface Methodology; Spot weld; Thin walled

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; COSTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; OPTIMIZATION; SPOT WELDING;

HAT SECTIONS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SPOT-WELD MODELING; THIN-WALLED HAT SECTIONS;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 33646041272     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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