Exact optimal flexural design of laminates

Composite Structures

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-345

  Vannucci, Paolo ^a   Barsotti, Riccardo ^b   Bennati, Stefano ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flexural properties; Laminates optimization; Polar method; Quasi homogeneity; Quasi trivial solutions

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROBLEMS; EXACT SOLUTION; FLEXURAL DESIGN; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; POLAR METHOD; QUASI-HOMOGENEITY; QUASI-TRIVIAL SOLUTIONS; TRIVIAL SOLUTIONS;

BENDING STRENGTH; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

LAMINATES;

DESIGN; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 67349183688     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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