Improved genetic algorithm for the design of stiffened composite panels

Computers and Structures

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 543-555

  Nagendra, S ^a   Jestin, D ^a   Gurdal Z ^a   Haftka, R T ^a,b   Watson, L T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; STABILITY; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

COMPUTATIONAL COST REDUCTION; LINEAR APPROXIMATION; STACKING SEQUENCE; STIFFENED COMPOSITE PANELS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0030567137     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7949(95)00160-I     Document Type: Article

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