Optimal design of composite chambercore structures

Composite Structures

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 277-286

  George, Tommy J ^a   Herman Shen, M H ^a   Huybrechts, Steven M ^b   Meink, Troy E ^b   Wegner, Peter M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Box beams; Composite structures; Optimization

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ITERATIVE SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STRESS CONSTRAINTS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE; DESIGN; LAMINATE; LOADING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STRESS;

EID: 0035337129     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(01)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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