Optimization of a fender structure for the crashworthiness design

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1085-1095

  Jiang, Zhiyu ^a   Gu, Mintong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(A) Ferrous metals and alloys; (E) Impact and ballistic

Indexed keywords

(A) FERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS; BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; CRASH LOADS; DESIGN OBJECTIVES; DESIGN VARIABLES; FENDER STRUCTURE; FERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS; GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; INDEPENDENT DESIGN; MULTI-OBJECTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM; NON-LINEAR FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; SURROGATE MODEL;

BALLISTICS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN; FENDERS (BOAT); METALLURGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHIPS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 72049131546     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.09.047     Document Type: Article

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