Computer aided optimization of thin isotropic shells

Personnes :

• Prof. dr.  DECHAENE Robert - Universiteit Gent (UGent)
  Partenaire financé belge
  Durée: 1/10/1990-30/6/1992
  

Description :

The present objective is searching automatically for the best shapes of filament wound composite pressure vessels.
In the project an extension is proposed : shape optimization of 3D thin shells using refined element models and taking into account geometrically non-linear behaviour of thin shells.