OOI, Jong Boon ;WANG, Xin ;LIM, Ying Pio ;TAN, Ching Seong ;HO, Jee Hou ;WONG, Kok Cheong .
Parametric Optimization of the Output Shaft of a Portal Axle using Finite Element Analysis.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, [S.l.], v. 59, n.10, p. 613-619, june 2018.
ISSN 0039-2480.
Available at: <https://www.sv-jme.eu/sl/article/parametric-optimization-of-the-output-shaft-of-a-portal-axle-using-finite-element-analysis/>. Date accessed: 01 feb. 2026.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2012.887.
Ooi, J., Wang, X., Lim, Y., Tan, C., Ho, J., & Wong, K.
(2013).
Parametric Optimization of the Output Shaft of a Portal Axle using Finite Element Analysis.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 59(10), 613-619.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2012.887
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"Parametric Optimization of the Output Shaft of a Portal Axle using Finite Element Analysis" Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], Volume 59 Number 10 (28 June 2018)
