A method to acquire the material parameters of thin-walled tube
was suggested, which combined the FEM and genetic algorithm.First, a simulation model was built,and the program to calculate material parameters was developed.Second, the convergence of this program was studied. Third, the experimental equipment was built,and
the experiment was carried out. Then using the date acquired in the experiments and the program developed,the material parameters of the tube were acquired. Forth,the parameters were verified by another experiment and simulation. Using the parameters calculated by the inverse method can improve the precision of total car simulation.Material parameters of other tubes can also be acquired by this method.