Lightweight Design of Automotive Front Side Rail Based on Robust Optimisation

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 670-676

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Zhu, Ping ^a   Chen, Guanlong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DOE; Front side rail; Lightweight design; Robust optimisation; RSM; Structural crashworthiness

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OPTIMIZATION; RAILROAD CARS;

FRONT SIDE RAIL; LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN; ROBUST OPTIMISATION;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 34548033265     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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