Steered fiber paths for improved in-plane compressive response of aerostructural panels: Experimental studies and numerical modeling

• Published in: Composite structures Vol. 289; p. 115426
• Main Authors: Vijayachandran, Avinkrishnan A., Waas, Anthony M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2022
• Subjects: Automated fiber placement; Buckling; Manufacturing defects; Transition loads; Automated fiber placement; Manufacturing defects; Buckling; Transition loads

Results for the manufacturing and structural testing of steered fiber composite panels are presented in this paper. A detailed algorithm and implementation of a surrogate model based optimization procedure in conjunction with a global optimizer such as multi-objective Genetic Algorithm (GA) was intr...