Multiobjective design of laminated cylindrical shells for maximum torsional and axial buckling loads

Computers and Structures

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Walker, M ^a   Reiss, T ^a   Adali, S ^b  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; OPTIMIZATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL LOADS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE DESIGN; OPTIMAL FIBER ANGLE; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; SYMMETRICALLY LAMINATED SHELL; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0030781836     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(96)00189-7     Document Type: Article

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