Optimal free-form shapes for holes in flat plates under uniaxial and biaxial loading

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 595-614

  Burchill, M ^a   Heller, M ^a  

^a Air Vehicles Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite element procedure; Gradientless method; Holes; Life extension; Shape optimization; Stress concentrators

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON RATIO; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BIAXIAL LOADING; FINITE ELEMENT PROCEDURE; LIFE EXTENSION; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 10044263359     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0309324042379266     Document Type: Article

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