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Fast procedure for Non-uniform optimum design of stiffened shells under buckling constraint

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For tailoring the non-uniform axial compression, each sub-panel of stiffened shells should be designed separately to achieve a high load-carrying efficiency. Motivated by the challenge caused by numerous variables and high computational cost, a fast procedure for the minimum weight design of non-uniform stiffened shells under buckling constraint is proposed, which decomposes a hyper multi-dimensional problem into a hierarchical optimization with two levels. To facilitate the post-buckling optimization, an efficient equivalent analysis model of stiffened shells is developed based on the Numerical Implementation of Asymptotic Homogenization Method. In particular, the effects of non-uniform load, internal pressure and geometric imperfections are taken into account during the optimization. Finally, a typical fuel tank of launch vehicle is utilized to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed procedure, and detailed comparison with other optimization methodologies is made.

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This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2014CB049000 and 2014CB046596), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11402049 and 11372062), the Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2014M551070 and 2015T80246).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116023, China

    Peng Hao, Bo Wang, Kuo Tian, Gang Li & Yu Sun

  2. Beijing Institute of Astronautical Systems Engineering, Beijing, 100076, China

    Chunxiao Zhou

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Hao, P., Wang, B., Tian, K. et al. Fast procedure for Non-uniform optimum design of stiffened shells under buckling constraint. Struct Multidisc Optim 55, 1503–1516 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-016-1590-3

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