Title
Improving FEM crash simulation accuracy through local thickness estimation based on CAD data.
Abstract
•Local thicknesses automated estimation, given a part’s geometry and midplane mesh.•Enhanced estimations enable accurate prediction of engineering part crash behavior.•Huge impact on engineering practice allowing zero-prototyping product development.•Ford Motor Company is using this approach.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.advengsoft.2014.02.003
Advances in Engineering Software
Keywords
Field
DocType
Product development,FEM simulation,Car crash simulation,Thickness estimation,Ray tracing,Zero-prototyping
CAD,Crash,Crash simulation,Simulation,Ray tracing (graphics),Computer science,Finite element method,Operator (computer programming),Engineering design process,New product development
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
71
0965-9978
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
5
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vânio Ferreira100.34
Luís Paulo Santos26413.76
Markus Franzen300.34
Omar O. Ghouati400.34
Ricardo Simoes5785.38