Optimal design of composite wing structures with blended laminates

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 469-480

  Seresta, Omprakash ^a   Gürdal, Zafer ^b   Adams, David B ^a   Watson, Layne T ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Composites; B. Blending; C. Optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLENDING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DEFLECTION CONSTRAINTS; NONBLENDED SOLUTION; PANEL DESIGN;

LAMINATES;

EID: 33847255418     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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