Design optimization of regular hexagonal thin-walled columns with crashworthiness criteria

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 43, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 555-565

  Hou, Shujuan ^a   Li, Qing ^b   Long, Shuyao ^a   Yang, Xujing ^a   Li, Wei ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Design optimization; Finite element; Hexagon; Multiple cell; Response surface method

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

HEXAGON; MAXIMUM PEAK LOAD (MAX PL); MULTIPLE CELL; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD (RSM); SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION (SEA);

COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 33947210796     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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