Composite sandwich structure optimization with application to satellite components

AIAA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 614-621

  Kodiyalam, Srinivas ^a,b,d   Nagendra, Somanath ^a,d   DeStefano, Joel ^c  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c Lockheed Martin Astro Space ^*  (United States)

^d AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SATELLITES; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SEARCH ALGORITHM; WEIGHT;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 0029775479     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.13112     Document Type: Article

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