Optimum design of laminated composite plates with cutouts using a genetic algorithm

Composite Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-279

  Sivakumar, K ^a   Iyengar, N G R ^a   Deb, Kalyanmoy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FIRST-ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY (FSDT); QUADRILATERAL ISOPARAMETRIC ELEMENT;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COMPOSITE; DESIGN; LAMINATE; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; USE;

EID: 0032128870     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(98)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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