Bus rollover crashworthiness under European standard: An optimal analysis of superstructure strength using successive response surface method

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 623-639

  Liang, Cho Chung ^a   Le, Giang Nam ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bus rollover; ECE R66; Energy absorption; LS DYNA; LS OPT; Survivor space

Indexed keywords

DESIGN VARIABLES; ENERGY ABSORPTION ABILITY; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; LS-DYNA; OCCUPANT INJURY; OPTIMAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL METHODS; OPTIMISATIONS; PARAMETERISATION; PRODUCTION COST; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; VEHICLE WEIGHTS;

ABSORPTION; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FUEL ECONOMY; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEHICLES;

BUSES;

EID: 71449098871     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260902920670     Document Type: Article

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