A methodology is presented for developing two tools for design guidance of joints in car bodies. The first tool rapidly predicts the performance characteristics of a given joint. The second finds a joint design that meets given performance targets and satisfies packaging and manufacturing constraints. These tools translate the design parameters defining the geometry of a joint into performance characteristics of that joint and vice-versa. The methodology is demonstrated on a joint of an actual car.


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    Title :

    Translators for Design Guidance of Joints in Automotive Structures


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Nikolaidis, E. (author) / Zhu, M. (author) / Jasuja, S. C. (author)

    Conference:

    International Conference On Vehicle Structural Mechanics & Cae ; 1995



    Publication date :

    1995-04-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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