Designing and producing lightweight automobile bodies

Details Designing and producing lightweight automobile bodies Designing and producing lightweight automobile bodies

1995-09-01

1998-03-17

Ruggiero, Joseph

Boots, shoes, and leggings

364425, 36447424, 364578, G06F 1900

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ABSTRACT:
Method and system for designing and producing a lightweight automobile or vehicle body. Structural performance targets are selected, a beam model analysis is conducted, and a body-in-white design is developed. A shell model is created and analyzed and material gauges and manufacturing processes for the body components are selected. A structural analysis is conducted to determine whether the shell model meets the selected structural performance targets. A crash model is created, analyzed, and modified until satisfactory crash requirements are met. A final structural analysis is conducted to determine whether the shell model meets the selected structural performance targets.

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