Multi-objective crashworthiness design optimisation of thin-walled tubes

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 54-63

  Kaya, Necmettin ^a   Öztürk, Ferruh ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crash tube; Design of experiment; DOE; Response surface optimisation; Thin walled tube

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ABSORPTION PERFORMANCE; CRASHWORTHINESS DESIGNS; EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT CODES; OPTIMISATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMISATIONS; RESPONSE SURFACE APPROXIMATION; SHAPE AND SIZE OPTIMISATION; THIN WALLED TUBES;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 72049099847     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijvd.2010.029635     Document Type: Article

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