Optimum design of shell structures with stiffening beams

AIAA Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 175-184

  Lagaros, Nikolaos D ^a   Fragiadakis, Michalis ^a   Papadrakakis, Manolis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

BEAM COMPOSITES; EUROCODE; NATURAL MODE TRIANGULAR COMPOSITES; SHELL STRUCTURES; STIFFENING BEAMS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0842268581     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.9041     Document Type: Article

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