Enhanced two-level optimization of anisotropic laminated composite plates with strength and buckling constraints

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1161-1167

  Bloomfield, Mark W ^a   Herencia, J Enrique ^a   Weaver, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lamination parameters; Lay up optimization; Particle swarm

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC COMPOSITES; BUCKLING CONSTRAINTS; COMPOSITE PLATES; LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES; LAMINATION PARAMETERS; LAY-UP OPTIMIZATION; MASS SAVINGS; PARTICLE SWARM; PLY ORIENTATION; QUALITY OF DESIGN; SECOND LEVEL; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS; STACKING SEQUENCE; TWO-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION;

ANISOTROPY; BUCKLING; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

LAMINATING;

EID: 68749095760     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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