Design optimization of composites using genetic algorithms and failure mechanism based failure criterion

Composite Structures

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 354-367

  Narayana Naik, G ^a   Gopalakrishnan, S ^a   Ganguli, Ranjan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Design optimization; Failure envelopes; Failure mechanism based failure criterion; Genetic algorithms; Minimum weight design of composites

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FAILURE CRITERION; FAILURE ENVELOPES; FAILURE MECHANISM; MINIMUM WEIGHT DESIGN;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LAMINATE; OPTIMIZATION; STRENGTH; STRESS;

EID: 38849098278     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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