Structural modeling and analysis of composite product system: A graph theoretic approach

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 1987-2007

  Prabhakaran, R T Durai ^a   Babu, B J ^a   Agrawal, V P ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Composite product system; Digraph approach; Permanent function; Structural modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE PRODUCT SYSTEM; DIGRAPH APPROACH; PERMANENT FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33750462785     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998306061318     Document Type: Article

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