APPLICATION OFTOPOLOGICAL OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM TO THE DANNERTEST SIMULATION

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 731-736

  Mayer, Robert R ^a   Maurer, Detlev ^b   Bottcher, Curd ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ADAM OPEL AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automodve Structure; Danner Test; Simulation; Topological Optimization

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; INSURANCE; SOFTWARE TESTING; TOPOLOGY;

AUTOMODVE STRUCTURE; DANNE TEST; INSURANCE COMPANIES; LOW SPEED; OPTIMIZATION PROJECT; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; SMALL VEHICLE; SPEED TEST; TOPOLOGICAL OPTIMIZATION;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 84993045047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2000/DAC-14292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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