Citation

Corteg WV, Brines RS, George RJ. Int. J. Veh. Des. 1980; 1(5): 415-439.

Affiliation

GM

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

Half-scale plastic models and strain-based, cumulative damage analysis techniques were combined in the 1980 'X' compact car project at the General Motors Corporation to provide a design tool to predict more accurately areas on a car body structure that would require design refinement to achieve greater durability. To make these techniques effective required the development and application of: plastic model building and test methods, loads, material properties and methods of analysis. Plastic models and cumulative damage analysis have contributed significantly to the durability of the 1980 'X' car light weight structure and are becoming standard structural analysis tools.