Optimal design of acoustical sandwich panels with a genetic algorithm

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-425

  Wang, Tongan ^a   Li, Shan ^a   Nutt, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Higher order theory; Sandwich panel; Sound transmission loss

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ALGORITHMS; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; COREMAKING; DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

ACOUSTICAL MODELS; CONCENTRATED FORCES; CORE MATERIALS; DESIGN VARIABLES; FACE SHEETS; HIGHER-ORDER THEORY; MASS DENSITIES; MAXIMUM DEFLECTIONS; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; MINIMAL WEIGHTS; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; SANDWICH BEAM THEORIES; SANDWICH PANEL; SANDWICH PANELS; SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS; SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSSES; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; VARYING THICKNESSES;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 56649092916     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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