Design optimisation of vehicle roof structures: Benefits of using multiple surrogates

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-95

  Pan, Feng ^a   Zhu, Ping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

multiple surrogates; surrogate based design optimisation; vehicle roof crush; weighted average surrogate

Indexed keywords

CRUSH RESISTANCE; DESIGN OPTIMISATION; DESIGN SPACE EXPLORATION; DESIGN SPACES; FUNCTION APPROXIMATION; KRIGING; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIPLE SURROGATES; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OPTIMISATIONS; PREDICTION ACCURACY; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS; ROLLOVER ACCIDENTS; ROOF CRUSH; SIMULTANEOUS USE; SUM OF SQUARES; SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSIONS; SURROGATE MODEL; SURROGATE-BASED DESIGN OPTIMISATION; VEHICLE ROOF CRUSH; VEHICLE ROOFS; VEHICLE SAFETY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

OPTIMIZATION; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; ROOFS; SPACE RESEARCH; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEHICLES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 79953184686     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2010.514773     Document Type: Article

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