Multiobjective crashworthiness optimization of circular aluminum tubes

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-308

  Zarei, H R ^a   Kroger M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circular aluminum tubes; D optimal design of experiments; Dynamic crash; Multiobjective optimization

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION;

CIRCULAR ALUMINUM TUBES; D OPTIMAL DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DYNAMIC CRASH; DYNAMIC IMPACT; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 33646812231     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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