Layerwise adaptive topology optimization of laminate structures

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 841-851

  Hansel, W ^a   Becker, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Composite materials; Finite element method; Optimization; Structural optimization; Topology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEURISTIC METHODS; MACROS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

LAMINATE STRUCTURES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ANSYS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033335309     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644409910298156     Document Type: Article

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