Efficient strength optimization of variable stiffness laminates using lamination parameters with global failure index

Zhi Hong*, Daniël Peeters, Yujie Guo

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Abstract

A computationally-efficient strength optimization method tailoring novel composite laminates using lamination parameters is developed. The method adopts a global p-norm approach to aggregate local failure indices into a global failure index, based on the Tsai-Wu failure criterion. For design purposes, the novel composite laminates are characterized via lamination parameters that can subsequently be transformed into locally variable fiber orientations in an existing three-step optimization method. An elliptical formulation of the conservative failure envelope is applied to represent the Tsai-Wu criterion in terms of lamination parameters. A lamination-parameter-based two-level approximation for the global failure index is derived, which guarantees the anticipated conservativeness and convexity in a gradient-based optimization framework. Numerical results show that the computational efficiency of the proposed strength optimization method improves remarkably with a proper value of p, compared to the existing local-based min-max method. The method is also shown to be robust and generate converged optimum designs even in the presence of stress concentrations and singularities.

Original languageEnglish
Article number106856
Number of pages1
JournalComputers and Structures
Volume271
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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Keywords

  • Global failure index
  • Lamination parameters
  • Novel composite laminates
  • Strength optimization
  • Variable fiber orientations

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