Mechanical sizing of a composite launcher structure by hybridizing a genetic algorithm with a local search method

The concern of this paper is the hybridization of a genetic algorithm with a local search method to optimize a sandwich composite inter stage skirt located in the upper part of a launcher structure that involves simultaneously discrete (plies orientations and thicknesses), categorical (plies and cor...

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Main Authors: Leila Gharsalli, Yannick Guérin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Composites Part C: Open Access
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666682021000207