Concept selection of car bumper beam with developed hybrid bio-composite material

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4857-4865

  Davoodi, M M ^a   Sapuan, S M ^a   Ahmad, D ^a   Aidy, A ^a   Khalina, A ^a   Jonoobi, Mehdi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. Composite; E. Mechanical; H. Selection of components

Indexed keywords

A. COMPOSITE; AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; BUMPER BEAMS; CAR BUMPERS; CONCEPT SELECTION; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; E. MECHANICAL; ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; EVALUATION MATRICES; GEOMETRIC OPTIMIZATION; H. SELECTION OF COMPONENTS; HYBRID COMPOSITE MATERIALS; IMPACT TEST; MATERIAL MODELS; NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; SAFETY PARAMETERS; SMALL CARS; STRUCTURAL STRENGTH; TOPSIS METHOD;

ABAQUS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; NATURAL FIBERS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOFTWARE TESTING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79960929094     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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