A review of optimization techniques used in the design of fibre composite structures for civil engineering applications

Materials and Design

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 534-544

  Awad, Ziad K ^a   Aravinthan, Thiru ^a   Zhuge, Yan ^a   Gonzalez, Felipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composite polymer matrix; Pultrusion; Sandwich structures

Indexed keywords

BOX BEAM; BRIDGE GIRDER; CIVIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURES; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN STANDARD; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FIBRE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; SANDWICH PANEL; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS;

BRIDGES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DESIGN; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBERS; PULTRUSION; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 80053996517     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.04.061     Document Type: Article

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