First Order Analysis for Automotive Body Structure Design

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 621-630

  Nishigaki, Hidekazu ^a   Nishiwaki, Shinji ^a   Amago, Tatsuyuki ^a   Kikuchi, Noboru ^b  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive Structures; Computer Aided Engineering; Finite Element Methods; Optimal Design; Topology Optimization

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TOPOLOGY;

AUTOMOTIVE BODY STRUCTURES; AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNERS; AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURES; BUILDING PROTOTYPES; COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING; FIRST-ORDER ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURE DESIGN; TOPOLOGY OPTIMISATION;

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING;

EID: 80051939808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2000/DAC-14533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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