A design algorithm for the optimization of laminated composite structures

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 302-315

  Spallino, Roberto ^a   Giambanco, Giuseppe ^a   Rizzo, Santi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Laminates; Programming; Spline function; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; ONE DIMENSIONAL; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

LAMINATED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; WEIGHT MINIMIZATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0032679734     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644409910266421     Document Type: Article

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