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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);
Raj Jayachandran, Canton, MI (US);
Ching-hung Chuang, Northville, MI (US);
Yiping Xie, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yuan Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Tau Tyan, Northville, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Yu-kan HU, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);
Raj Jayachandran, Canton, MI (US);
Ching-Hung Chuang, Northville, MI (US);
Yiping Xie, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yuan Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Tau Tyan, Northville, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Yu-Kan Hu, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for optimizing a twelve-cornered strengthening member comprises: modeling a vehicle assembly including a strengthening member having a twelve-cornered cross section; parameterizing a geometry of the strengthening member with a plurality of control parameters; defining a design of experiment using the plurality of control parameters; modeling a vehicle using the vehicle assembly; simulating a frontal impact event with the vehicle; generating a response surface based on the frontal impact event; and determining a set of optimized control parameters for the strengthening member based on the response surface.