Application of optimisation technique to tyre design

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 43, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 49-65

  Nakajima, Yukio ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite material; Design of experiment; Finite element method; Genetic algorithm; Neural network; Optimisation technique; Tyre

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; ROLLING RESISTANCE; TOPOLOGY;

INDOOR DRUM TESTS; OPTIMUM TIRE CONSTRUCTION; TIRE CONTOUR; TIRE DESIGN;

TIRES;

EID: 33847751902     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijvd.2007.012295     Document Type: Article

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