Bilevel optimization and postbuckling of highly strained composite stiffened panels

AIAA Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2562-2570

  Liu, W ^a,b   Butler, R ^a,c   Mileham, A R ^a,b   Green, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STIFFENED PANELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL GEOMETRY; DATUM DESIGN; VICONOPT;

BUCKLING; COMPRESSION TESTING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LAMINATING; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 33751230757     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.22206     Document Type: Article

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