Adaptive growth technique of stiffener layout pattern for plate and shell structures to achieve minimum compliance

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-276

  Ding, Xiaohong ^a   Yamazaki, Koetsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Minimum compliance; Plates; Shells; Stiffener layout; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); GROWTH (MATERIALS); PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

MINIMUM COMPLIANCE; STIFFENER LAYOUT; SUNLIGHT; TWISTED LOADS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 18844453655     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305215512331328231     Document Type: Article

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