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Stresses in composite panels with openings

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Composites are increasingly used in the aerospace, aircraft, marine, motor and oil industries and many good references to the theory and applications of composites in those industries are available [1–5]. The design process, procedure and optimization methods for the design of composite components are outlined in Ref. [6]. Iterative design tools are available to provide the designer the facility to rapidly analyse different composite structural configurations and to converge to an appropriate solution [7].

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Choo, Y.S. (1996). Stresses in composite panels with openings. In: Bull, J.W. (eds) Numerical Analysis and Modelling of Composite Materials. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0603-0_5

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