A thick composite-beam model for delamination prediction by the use of neural networks

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1773-1779

  Valoor, Manish T ^a   Chandrashekhara, K ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DELAMINATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; POISSON RATIO; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS;

MODAL FREQUENCIES; POISSON EFFECT;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0033707376     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(00)00063-4     Document Type: Article

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