Layout optimization of doubly-curved laminated composite shells of revolution

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 13, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 263-282

  Muc, Aleksander ^a  

^a CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; BUCKLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN VARIABLES; NON-LINEAR PROBLEMS; THIN-WALL LAMINATED SHELLS; THIN-WALLED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; BUCKLING PRESSURES; DESIGN SENSITIVITY; FIRST PLY FAILURE PRESSURES; SHELL THEORY;

PLANT LAYOUT; BODIES OF REVOLUTION;

EID: 0029702601     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644409610114567     Document Type: Article

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