Optimal design of composite laminated plates with the discreteness in ply angles and uncertainty in material properties considered

Computers and Structures

Volumn 79, Issue 29-30, 2001, Pages 2501-2509

  Kim, Tae Uk ^a   Sin, Hyo Chol ^b  

^a Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Branch and bound method; Convex modeling; Stacking sequence optimization; Thickness minimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELASTIC MODULI; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION;

COMPOSITE LAMINATED PLATES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0034778903     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(01)00133-X     Document Type: Article

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