Pseudo-topology and sizing optimization of a composite advanced sail structure with buckling constraints

Collection of Technical Papers - 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1355-1372

  Rais Rohani, Masoud ^a,b   Lokits, Jeremy ^a,b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mail Stop 9549 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE ADVANCED SAIL (CAS); PSEUDO-TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN ENERGY; VARIABLE-TO-SIZING RELATIONSHIPS;

BUCKLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 20344375225     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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