Third M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics
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June 14–17, 2005
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Mass minimization of vehicle structure subject to varying crashworthiness constraints: a prediction–correction approach
Ch. Wauquieza, K. Kayvantasha,*, S. Masfrandb, T. Bekkoura, F. Arnaudeaua
aMECALOG, Rue de la Renaissance, 92184 Antony Cedex, France bPSA Peugeot-Citroën, Route de Gisy, 78943 Velizy Villacoublay, France
ABSTRACT
This paper describes a methodology for minimizing the mass of a vehicle subject to crashworthiness constraints. It is implemented in the RADIOSS optimization tool M-OPT, and has proven to be very efficient in the framework of a study case for PSA Peugeot-Citroën.
Keywords:
Optimization; Design of experiments; Kriging; Crashworthiness; Vehicle structure