Shape optimization of interior cutouts in composite panels

Structural Optimization

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-49

  Falzon, B G ^a   Steven, G P ^a   Xie, Y M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; INTERIOR CUTOUTS; LIMITING PLY; REJECTION RATIO; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STEADY STATE CONDITIONS; TSAI-HILL FAILURE INDEX;

CARBON FIBERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0030083135     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01279653     Document Type: Article

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