Design of an aluminium-based vehicle platform for front impact safety

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1055-1079

  Deb, A ^a   Mahendrakumar, M S ^a   Chavan, C ^a   Karve, J ^a   Blankenburg, D ^b   Storen, S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Front impact; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALUMINUM; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; EXTRUSION; MACHINE DESIGN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; RIGIDITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC CARS; FRONT IMPACT; STRENGTH TO WEIGHT RATIO; VEHICLE PLATFORMS;

IMPACT TESTING;

EID: 4344564055     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2004.04.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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