Conference Papers - 2002

MG ROVER - MEETING THE CHALLENGE
Dr C Millard, MG Rover Group

THE MOTOR INDUSTRY IN AN AGE OF ULTRA COMPETITION
Professor Garel Rhys, OBE, Cardiff Business School

BREAKING THE MOULD: INNOVATIVE VIRTUAL DESIGN
Professor J Randlem, Lea-Francis Ltd

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APPLICATIONS OF OPTISTRUCT OPTIMIZATION TO BODY IN WHITE DESIGN
Carl Reed, Jaguar Cars Limited

AN ADVANCED METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PACKAGING DESIGN
R McNabb, Lever Fabergé

MASS OPTIMISATION OF AIRCRAFT TORQUE PLATE
P Fannon, Dunlop Aerospace

INVESTIGATION OF DIESEL ENGINE CYLINDER BLOCK STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
L. Baverstock, Ford Motor Company Limited

OPTIMIZE THE OPTIMIZED: WEIGHT REDUCTION OF AN F1 COMPOSITE WING
S Nevey, Jaguar Racing Limited

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DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT TECHNIQUES FOR RESTRAINT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
M. Brown, TNO Automotive UK & A. Mascia, Jaguar Cars Limited

APPLICATION OF TOPOLOGY, SIZING AND SHAPE OPTIMIZATION METHODS
TO OPTIMAL DESIGN OF AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS
Lars Krog, Alastair Tucker and Gerrit Rollema, Airbus UK Ltd

INCORPORATING MANUFACTURING EFFECTS IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN : FLEX AND DENT
B Nejabat & S Holmberg, Volvo Car Body Components

A HOLISTIC VIRTUAL DESIGN PROCESS APPLIED TO AN A-PILLAR SUBJECTED TO ROOF CRUSH
S J Bates, University of Wales Swansea, J Randle, Lea-Francis Ltd, M Gambling, Altair Engineering Ltd, M R Jolly, University of Birmingham