Lightweight Design of an Outer Tie Rod for an Electrical Vehicle

The lightweight design of the outer tie rod installed on an electrical vehicle was achieved through material selection and optimization technique. The aluminum alloy Al6082M was selected as a steel-substitute, and its structural shape was optimized by applying metamodel-based optimization. In this p...

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Main Authors: Young-Chul Park, Seung-Kul Baek, Bu-Kyo Seo, Jong-Kyu Kim, Kwon-Hee Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/942645