Reliability-based optimization of lightweight automotive structures for crashworthiness

Collection of Technical Papers - 11th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1093-1108

  Rais Rohani, M ^a,b,c   Solanki, K ^a,d   Eamon, C ^a,b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR RESPONSES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY BASED OPTIMIZATION; SECOND ORDER RESPONSE SURFACE MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRASHWORTHINESS; LOGIC DESIGN; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RELIABILITY;

LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES;

EID: 33846523557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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