Materials selection combined with optimal structural design: Concept and some results

Materials and Design

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 459-470

  Ermolaeva, Natalia S ^a   Kaveline, Kirill G ^a   Spoormaker, Jan L ^a  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Material selection; Natural fiber composites; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

MATERIALS SELECTION;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; NATURAL FIBER; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036680223     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-3069(02)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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