Fibre architecture design of 3D woven composite with genetic algorithms: a unit cell based optimisation framework and performance assessment

There are vast possibilities in fibre architecture design of 3D woven reinforcement. This paper considers the application of Genetic Algorithm (GA) in 3D woven composites optimisation. A set of real and integral variables, representing 3D fibre architecture, are formulated into a mixed integer Genet...

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Main Authors: Zeng, Xuesen, Long, Andew C.A., Ashcroft, Ian, Potluri, Prasad
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28920/