Predicting self-healing strength recovery using a multi-objective genetic algorithm

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 752-759

  Knipprath, C ^a   McCombe, G P ^a   Trask, R S ^a   Bond, I P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Smart materials; C. Damage tolerance; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); C. Probabilistic methods; Self healing

Indexed keywords

C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); DISCRETISATION; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HEALING AGENTS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MULTI-OBJECTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMUM LOCATION; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; SELF-HEALING; SPECIFIC LOADS; STRENGTH RECOVERY;

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

DELAMINATION;

EID: 84858291895     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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