Optimization for buckling loads of grid stiffened composite panels

Composite Structures

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-169

  Wodesenbet, Eyassu ^a   Kidane, Samuel ^a   Pang, Su Seng ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling; FRP; Isogrid; Stiffened cylinders

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BUCKLING LOADS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

BUCKLING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

EID: 0037403110     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(02)00315-X     Document Type: Article

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