Automated rib location and optimization for plate structures

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-45

  Lam, Y C ^a   Santhikumar, S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Rib location; Stiffener location; Stiffness criterion; Strain energy; Thickness criterion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

AUTOMATED RIB LOCATION; STIFFENER LOCATION; STRAIN ENERGY; THICKNESS CRITERION;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0037360807     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-002-0270-7     Document Type: Article

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