Strength Optimisation of Variable Angle-Tow Composites Through a Laminate-Level Failure Criterion

• Published in: Journal of optimization theory and applications Vol. 187; no. 3; pp. 683 - 706
• Main Authors: Catapano, Anita, Montemurro, Marco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2020; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Additive manufacturing; Applications of Mathematics; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization; Composite materials; Composite structures; Criteria; Engineering; Engineering Sciences; Failure; Mathematics; Mathematics and Statistics; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Optimization; Polymer matrix composites; Shear deformation; Strategy; Tensors; Theory of Computation; Composites; 74S05; Polar method; 90C26; 90C27; 74P10; Genetic algorithms; Variable angle tow; 74K20; 74B05; Failure criteria; 90C90; Strength

The development of additive manufacturing techniques for composite structures brought the emergence of a new class of composite materials: the variable angle-tow composites. Additive manufacturing of reinforced polymers allows the tow to be placed along a curvilinear path in each lamina. Accordingly...