On feasible regions of lamination parameters for lay-up optimization of laminated composites

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 465, Issue 2104, 2009, Pages 1123-1143

  Bloomfield, M W ^a   Diaconu, C G ^a   Weaver, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Feasible region; Lamination parameters; Optimization

Indexed keywords

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DELAMINATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SET THEORY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ALGEBRAIC IDENTITIES; CONVEX HULL; CONVEXITY PROPERTIES; DESIGN VARIABLES; FEASIBLE REGION; FEASIBLE REGIONS; FINITE SET; GENERAL APPROACH; IN-PLANE; INDEPENDENT DESIGN; LAMINATION PARAMETERS; LEVEL METHOD; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION STUDIES; OUT-OF-PLANE; PLY ORIENTATION; SECOND LEVEL; STIFFNESS TENSOR; TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS;

LAMINATING;

EID: 67149097775     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2008.0380     Document Type: Article

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