A METHODOLOGY FOR EARLY FRONT END STRUCTURAL DESIGN TO MEET SAFETY REQUIREMENTS USING CAE TOOLS

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 1997-P, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-15

  Wang, Han ^a   Johnson, David ^a   Hammoud, Hassen ^a   Bakkar, Jamal ^a  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

COMPONENT SYSTEMS; DESIGN-PROCESS; FRONT END; FRONT-END STRUCTURES; FRONTAL IMPACTS; HYBRID MODEL; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; SUB-SYSTEMS; VEHICLE TARGETS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85127009349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE1997-1185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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