Experimental and finite element robustness studies of a bumper system subjected to an offset impact loading

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-168

  Lonn, David ^a   Bergman, Greger ^b   Nilsson, Larsgunnar ^a   Simonsson, Kjell ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Technology and Innovation Office   (Sweden)

Author keywords

experimental robustness; metamodel; Monte Carlo; numerical robustness; sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BUMPER SYSTEMS; CRASH LOADS; DEFORMATION PATTERN; DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; DESIGN SPACES; EXPERIMENTAL ROBUSTNESS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HIGH QUALITY; IMPACT EVENTS; IMPACT LOADINGS; LINEAR RESPONSE APPROXIMATION; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MEAN VALUES; METAMODEL; MONTE CARLO; NUMERICAL ROBUSTNESS; ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS; SMALL FLUCTUATION; SMALL VARIATIONS; VEHICLE BUMPER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79957532374     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2010.539339     Document Type: Article

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