A technique for optimally designing engineering structures with manufacturing tolerances accounted for

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Tabakov, P Y ^a   Walker, M ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Engineering structures; Genetic algorithm; Manufacturing tolerance; Optimal design

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FITS AND TOLERANCES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE VESSELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT;

BURST PRESSURE; ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; FIBRE-REINFORCED LAMINATED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FITNESS SHARING; MANUFACTURING TOLERANCE; OPTIMAL DESIGN;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33845611630     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03052150600843308     Document Type: Article

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