Optimization of a mechanical test on composite plates with the virtual fields method

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-82

  Syed Muhammad, Kashif ^a   Toussaint, Evelyne ^a   Grédiac, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Composites; Optimization; Plates; Testing; Virtual fields method

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; OPTIMIZATION;

BENDING RIGIDITIES; COMPOSITE PLATES; COMPOSITES; DESIGN PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL TESTS; PLATES; PRACTICAL REALIZATIONS; STRESS FIELDS; TESTING; VIRTUAL FIELDS METHOD;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 59449091377     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-008-0267-y     Document Type: Article

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