Crashworthiness and lightweight optimisation of thin-walled conical tubes subjectedto an oblique impact

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 334-351

  Qi, Chang ^a   Yang, Shu ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

conical tube; crashworthiness; metamodel; multi objective optimisation; oblique impact

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

KRIGING METAMODELS; MAXIMUM RELATIVE ERRORS; META MODEL; MULTI-OBJECTIVE DESIGN OPTIMISATION; OBLIQUE IMPACT; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION; VEHICULAR SYSTEMS; WEIGHT CONSTRAINTS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84901686260     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2014.893788     Document Type: Article

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