Optimum design of laminated composite plates undergoing large amplitude oscillations

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-98

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

RITZ FORMULATION; VON KARMAN'S NONLINEAR STRAIN DISPLACEMENT RELATIONS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0032661456     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008896918956     Document Type: Article

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