A vehicle front frame crash design optimization using hole-type and dent-type crush initiator

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-428

  Cho, Yong Bum ^a   Bae, Chul Ho ^b   Suh, Myung Won ^b   Sin, Hyo Chol ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Design of experiments; Hole type crush initiator; Homogenization; Rectangular dent type crush initiator; Response surface method; Vehicle structure optimization

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; CRUSHERS; CRUSHING; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; HOLE-TYPE CRUSH INITIATOR; HOMOGENIZATION; RECTANGULAR DENT-TYPE CRUSH INITIATOR; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; VEHICLE STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION;

AUTOMOBILE FRAMES;

EID: 33745822066     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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