Optimum design of laminated composite plates to maximize buckling load using MFD method

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 660-669

  Topal, Umut ^a   Uzman, Ümit ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Buckling loads; FSDT; Laminated composite plates; Modified feasible direction method; Optimal designs

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BUCKLING LOADS; LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; MODIFIED FEASIBLE DIRECTION METHOD;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 34548030458     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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