On structural optimization of composite shell structures using a discrete constitutive parametrization

Wind Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-124

  Lund, Erik ^a   Stegmann, Jan ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Design of composites; Innovative concepts; Laminated composites; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

DESIGN OF COMPOSITES; INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS; STACKING SEQUENCE; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

BLADE; COMPOSITE; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 13244267094     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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