Multiobjective optimization for tapered circular tubes

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 855-863

  Hou, Shujuan ^a   Han, Xu ^a   Sun, Guangyong ^a,b   Long, Shuyao ^a   Li, Wei ^b   Yang, Xujing ^a   Li, Qing ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Foam filler; Multiobjective optimization; Response surface method; Tapered tube

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR TUBES; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; IMPACT LOADS; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; MULTI OBJECTIVE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION METHOD; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELS; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; SURROGATE MODEL; TAPERED TUBES; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FILLERS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79955745061     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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