- Category Technical paper
- Related event Journée d'étude : Optimisation des composites - 12 fevrier 2014
- Edition SIA
- Date 02/12/2014
- Author F.-X. Irisarri - ONERA | R. Le Riche - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne
- Language English
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Type PDF file (463.6 Ko)
(Downloadable immediately on receipt of online payment) - Number of pages 9
- Code R-2014-01-08
- Fee Free
Composites show two distinctive features that affect the way in which they are optimized. Firstly, manufacturing strongly interacts with structural performance. Secondly, composites can be described at different scales. This article summarizes contributions that address both features. It is shown how design guidelines can be accounted for in laminate blended design through stacking sequence tables and specialized evolutionary algorithms. It is also explained how the optimization can be made more efficient by simultaneously working at the ply and laminate levels.