Affiliation:
1. Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Abstract
Multiobjective optimization of a symmetrically laminated composite plate is presented. Designs are obtained to realize maximum in-plane compressive load, maximum in-plane shear load, maximum bending strength, and maximum stiffness, two criteria being considered at a time. Design variables are fiber orientations and thicknesses of different layers. It is observed that nonconvex sets appear in the problem and consequently the weighting min-max method, rather than the pure weighting method, is used to reduce the vector maximum problem to a scalar one. Search for the optimum is then accomplished by a general nonlinear programming algorithm. Since exact solutions for the structural response are not available, the Rayleigh-Ritz method is employed to obtain approximate solutions. Numerical results are presented for different materials and various combinations of clamped, free and simply supported boundary conditions.
Subject
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design,Computer Science Applications,Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials
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