Optimum design of composite laminates for frequency constraints

Composite Structures

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-597

  Farshi, Behrooz ^a   Rabiei, Reza ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Composite laminates; Hybrid laminates; Layerwise optimization; Minimum thickness design; Natural frequency; Stacking sequence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DESIGN; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

HYBRID LAMINATES; LAYERWISE OPTIMIZATION; MINIMUM THICKNESS DESIGN; STACKING SEQUENCE;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

EID: 34250747510     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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