The design of laminates with given thermal/hygral expansion coefficients: A general approach based upon the polar-genetic method

Composite Structures

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 454-466

  Vannucci, P ^a   Vincenti, A ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Expansion coefficients; Genetic algorithms; Laminates; Lamination parameters; Polar method

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MOISTURE; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CURVATURE COEFFICIENTS; HYGRAL EXPANSION; LAMINATION PARAMETERS; POLAR METHOD;

LAMINATES;

COMPOSITE; ELASTIC PROPERTY; HYGRAL EXPANSION; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 33847704474     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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