A stress analysis technique for plate and shell built-up structures with junctions and its application to minimum-weight design of stiffened structures

Structural Optimization

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 173-183

  Yamazaki, K ^a   Tsubosaka, N ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nippon Sharyo Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERPOLATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DESIGN SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS (DSA); MINIMUM WEIGHT DESIGN; PENALTY FUNCTION METHOD;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031258269     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01812520     Document Type: Article

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