Optimum design of an automotive inner door panel with a tailor-welded blank structure

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 222, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1337-1348

  Zhu, P ^a   Shi, Y L ^a   Zhang, K Z ^a   Lin, Z Q ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Lightweight; Optimum design; Side impact; Tailor welded blank

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; WELDING;

DEFORMATION RESISTANCE; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; LIGHTWEIGHT; OPTIMAL COMBINATION; OPTIMIZATION DESIGN; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; SIDE IMPACT; TAILOR-WELDED BLANKS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 51749101302     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO763     Document Type: Article

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