A methodology for structural optimisation with damage tolerance constraints

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 281-300

  Chaperon, P ^a   Jones, R ^a   Heller, M ^b   Pitt, S ^a,b   Rose, F ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical crack size; Damage tolerance; Fatigue crack growth; Structural integrity; Structural optimisation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRITICAL CRACK SIZE; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; STATIC FRACTURE CONSTRAINTS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DAMAGE; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034106491     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(99)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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