Optimal design of large composite panels with varying loads

Composite Structures

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-102

  Kristinsdottir, Birna P ^a   Zabinsky, Zelda B ^b   Tuttle, Mark E ^b   Neogi, Sudipto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DYNAMIC LOADS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LARGE COMPOSITE PANELS;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 0035157209     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(00)00128-8     Document Type: Article

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