Study of the use of metallic foam in a vehicle for an energyeconomy racing circuit

Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 257-264

  Cardoso, E ^a   Oliveira, B F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Automotive design; Computer simulation; Finite element method; Metal foam

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN; AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNS; COMPUTATIONAL TESTS; CRASH TESTS; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; METAL FOAMS; METALLIC FOAM; RACING CIRCUITS; SHELL ECO-MARATHON; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILE TESTING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; FOAMS; METALS; RACING AUTOMOBILES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TESTING; VEHICLES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77953571957     PISSN: 09335137     EISSN: 15214052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mawe.201000594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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