Tradeoff of uncertainty reduction mechanisms for reducing weight of composite laminates

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-274

  Acar, Erdem ^a,c   Haftka, Raphael T ^a   Johnson, Theodore F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; SHRINKAGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

REDUCING ERROR; SURFACE APPROXIMATIONS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 34248330402     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2406097     Document Type: Article

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