A technique for optimally designing fibre-reinforced laminated plates with manufacturing uncertainties for maximum buckling strength

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-144

  Walker, M ^a   Hamilton, R ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Buckling; Fibre reinforced laminates; Manufacturing uncertainty; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUCKLING; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; PROBABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TORQUE CONTROL;

BUCKLING STRENGTH; FIBER-REINFORCED LAMINATES; MANUFACTURING UNCERTAINTY; ROBUST DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (RDO);

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 12344307608     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052150412331298371     Document Type: Article

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