Optimum stacking sequence design of composite materials Part I: Constant stiffness design

Composite Structures

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Ghiasi, Hossein ^a   Pasini, Damiano ^a   Lessard, Larry ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Optimization; Stacking sequence design

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE LAMINATES; CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; MULTI MODALS; NON-LINEAR; NUMBER OF LAYERS; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZED COMPOSITES; STACKING SEQUENCE DESIGN; STACKING SEQUENCES; VARIABLE STIFFNESS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN; PAPER LAMINATES; STIFFNESS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

COMPOSITES; MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION; PAPER LAMINATES; STACKING; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE; DESIGN; LAMINATE; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

EID: 67349244850     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.01.006     Document Type: Review

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