A Comparative study on multiobjective reliable and robust optimization for crashworthiness design of vehicle structure

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 669-684

  Gu, Xianguang ^a,d   Sun, Guangyong ^b   Li, Guangyao ^b   Mao, Lichen ^b   Li, Qing ^c  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Chery Automobile Co   (China)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Multiobjective optimization; Reliable optimization; Robust optimization; Surrogate metamodel

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

CONSTRAINT FUNCTIONS; CRASHWORTHINESS DESIGNS; META MODEL; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; NON DOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHM II (NSGA II); RELIABILITY BASED OPTIMIZATION; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; UNCERTAINTY PROBLEMS;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 84885422635     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-013-0921-x     Document Type: Article

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