Preliminary design optimization of stiffened panels using approximate analysis models

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1351-1380

  Lamberti, Luciano ^a   Venkataraman, Satchi ^b   Haftka, Raphael T ^c   Johnson, Theodore F ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Preliminary design optimization; Stiffened shell structures

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATIONS;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

LOADING; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURE;

ENGINEERING; LOADING; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0041339890     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.781     Document Type: Article

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