Calibrating material parameters to model the thin-walled components made of die cast AM60B magnesium alloy

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 540-552

  Zhu, Feng ^a   Chou, Clifford C ^a   Yang, King H ^a   Chen, Xiaoming ^b   Wagner, David ^b   Bilkhu, Sukhi ^c   Luo, Alan ^d  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^c CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^d GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CAE; die cast AM60B magnesium alloy; finite element method; optimisation; thin walled structure

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT; AXIAL CRUSHING; CORRELATION INDEX; COUPON TESTS; DAMAGE BEHAVIOUR; DIE CAST; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FAILURE CRITERIA; FOUR-POINT BENDING TEST; HIGH-SPEED; LIGHTWEIGHT METALS; LS-DYNA; MATERIAL CONSTANT; MATERIAL LAWS; MATERIAL MODELS; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; OPTIMISATIONS; QUASI-STATIC; STRAIN HARDENING MODEL; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; THIN WALLED COMPONENTS; THIN-WALLED;

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84866603890     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2012.698577     Document Type: Article

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