Shape and sizing optimisation of automotive structures with deterministic and probabilistic design constraints

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-338

  Rais Rohani, Masoud ^a   Solanki, Kiran N ^a   Acar, Erdem ^b   Eamon, Christopher D ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^c Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive crashworthiness; Automotive structural design; Crash simulation; Mesh morphing; Metamodelling; Probabilistic design; RBDO; Reliability based design optimisation; Shape and sizing optimisation; Structural reliability; Vehicle design

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILES; CRASHWORTHINESS; RELIABILITY; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

CRASH SIMULATION; MESH MORPHING; META-MODELLING; OPTIMISATIONS; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; RBDO; RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMISATION; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY; VEHICLE DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 78650084987     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2010.036839     Document Type: Article

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