Optimization of composite structures subject to local stress constraints

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 66-75

  Lipton, Robert ^a   Stuebner, Michael ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimal structural design; Stress constraints

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; RIGIDITY; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CYLINDRICAL SHAFT; OPTIMAL STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRESS CONSTRAINTS; STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; RIGIDITY; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33846472514     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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