Optimal design of composite structures for strength and stiffness: An inverse homogenization approach

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 351-362

  Lipton, Robert ^a   Stuebner, Michael ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimal structural design; Stress constraints

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

BOUNDARY LOADING; REENTRANT CORNERS; STRESS CONSTRAINTS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 33847680480     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-006-0089-8     Document Type: Article

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