Optimum shape design of composite structures using the boundary-element method

AIAA Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1349-1359

  Tafreshi, Azam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Aerospace Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LOADING; OPTIMIZATION; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY SHAPES; CARTESIAN COORDINATES; STRUCTURAL WEIGHT;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 20444484573     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.11502     Document Type: Article

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