Design optimization of stiffened storage tank for spacecraft

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-92

  Chen, Biaosong ^a   Liu, Gang ^b   Kang, Jian ^b   Li, Yunpeng ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Stiffened shells; Structural design optimization; Structural sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUEL STORAGE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACECRAFT;

OPTIMIZATION SOLUTION ALGORITHMS; STIFFENED SHELLS; STIFFENERS; STRUCTURAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 44349157700     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-007-0174-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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