Improving the accuracy of vehicle crashworthiness response predictions using an ensemble of metamodels

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-61

  Acar, Erdem ^a   Solanki, Kiran ^b  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile; Crashworthiness; Ensemble; Finite element analysis; Metamodelling; Offset frontal impact; Side impact

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; METAMODELLING; OFFSET-FRONTAL IMPACT; SIDE IMPACT;

AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CRASHWORTHINESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 65249167514     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260802462419     Document Type: Article

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