A procedure to select the best material combinations and optimally design composite sandwich cylindrical shells for minimum mass

Materials and Design

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 160-165

  Walker, Mark ^a   Smith, Ryan ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Composites; Sandwich structures; Selection for minimum mass

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DESIGN; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS;

MINIMUM MASS; SANDWICH CYLINDRICAL SHELLS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITE;

EID: 23944471869     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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