Optimum design of aluminum beverage can ends using structural optimization techniques

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 778 A, Issue , 2005, Pages 719-724

  Yamazaki, Koetsu ^a   Itoh, Ryouiti ^b   Han, Jing ^b   Watanabe, Masato ^a   Nishiyama, Sadao ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION   (Japan)

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EID: 33749573924     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2011307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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