A method for optimal design of automotive body assembly using multi-material construction

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 381-387

  Cui, Xintao ^a   Wang, Shuxin ^a   Hu, S Jack ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lightweight; Material selection; Multi material structure

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

AUTOMOTIVE BODY ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURES; LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN; MULTI-MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION; MULTI-MATERIAL STRUCTURE;

AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS;

AUTOMOBILE MATERIALS; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 35349016759     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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