@inproceedings{1775f5a3c25d4f3a87cf5c38c04e83a7,
title = "On the potential for elastic tailoring in layered composites-buckling considerations",
abstract = "Recently developed expressions for capturing the design space of layered composites are used to measure potential design spaces of anisotropic composites. It is found that by using ply orientations with increments of 5° from -85° to 90° captures more than 97% of the possible design space. This result suggests that exploitation of any possible tailoring scenario using layered composites made from unidirectional layers, requires only a reduced, finite set of ply orientations. The effect of using a wider set of ply orientations is considered for buckling efficiency of flat plates under compression and shear loading.",
keywords = "Buckling, Lamination parameters, Particle swarm optimization, Tailoring",
author = "Weaver, {Paul M.} and Bloomfield, {Mark W.}",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
series = "ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials",
publisher = "International Committee on Composite Materials",
booktitle = "ICCM-17 - 17th International Conference on Composite Materials",
}