Table of Contents
Optimal Tailoring of Composite Materials
Outline
Composite Materials—Introduction
Composite Materials Tailoring
Prevalent Approaches
The Optimal Tailoring Problem
Decision Variables
Problem Formulation
Equality Constraints
Inequality Constraints
Exclusionary Constraints
Optimization Techniques
Optimization by Simulated Annealing
Materials Model Base
Materials Database
Optimization Schematic
Results D. Sadagopan and R. Pitchumani, Journal of Composite Mateirals, (1998) ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (1997)
Case Studies
MinimumWeight Designs
Change in Anisotropy
Use of Exclusionary Constraints
Electronic Packaging Applications
Parametric Studies
Parametric Studies
Reinforcement Morphology
Reinforcement Material
Matrix Material
Optimization by Genetic Algorithm
Results—Comparative Studies D. Sadagopan and R. Pitchumani, Composites Science and Technology (1998)
a) Objective function, and (b) Reinforcement morphology for Varying Elastic Modulus Specifications
PPT Slide
Computational Comparisons
Features
Summary
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