Design of dimensionally stable composites by evolutionary optimization

Composite Structures

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-111

  Le Riche, Rodolphe ^a   Gaudin, Jocelyn ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DES MATÉRIAUX   (France)

^b Aerospat Ctr de Rech Louis B   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MOISTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

HYGRAL BENDING; LAMINATE STACKING SEQUENCE;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031996080     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00009-9     Document Type: Article

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