Development of a subframe type fuel tank for passenger cars

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 0445011-0445017

  Lee, Un Koo ^a   Jang, Seong Bae ^a   Cheon, Seong S ^b  

^a Hyundai Motor Co   (South Korea)

^b Kongju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Design flexibility; Fuel spillage; Rear crash; Robust design; Subframe type fuel tank

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE FUEL TANKS; DESIGN; FUELS; VEHICLE SAFETY;

AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE; CRASH SIMULATION; DESIGN FLEXIBILITY; FUEL SPILLAGE; REAR CRASH; ROBUST DESIGNS; SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION; SUB-FRAME; SUBFRAME TYPE FUEL TANK; VEHICLE SAFETY;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 77955195972     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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