Optimization of transverse shear moduli for composite honeycomb cores

Composite Structures

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-274

  Qiao, Pizhong ^a   Fan, Wei ^a   Davalos, Julio F ^b   Zou, Guiping ^c  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular structures; Fiber reinforced polymer composites; Homogenization; Honeycomb cores; Optimization; Transverse shear stiffness properties

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ELASTIC MODULI; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HOMOGENIZATION TECHNIQUE; MULTI-OBJECTIVE METHOD; THIN-WALLED COMPOSITE HONEYCOMB CORES; TRANSVERSE SHEAR MODULI;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR PROPERTY; STIFFNESS;

EID: 44349127194     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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