Elastic constants identification of symmetric angle-ply laminates via a two-level optimization approach

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 698-706

  Chen, C M ^a   Kam, T Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A. Angle ply laminate; B. Elastic constants; C. Identification; Constrained minimization problem; Strain analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TENSILE TESTING;

ANGLE-PLY LAMINATE; CONSTRAINED MINIMIZATION PROBLEM; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; STATIC TENSILE TESTS; STRAIN ANALYSIS; SYMMETRIC LAMINATE;

LAMINATES;

COMPOSITE; ELASTICITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRAIN;

EID: 33845866074     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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