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Buckling optimization of non-uniform curved grid-stiffened composite structures (NCGCs) with a cutout using conservativeness-relaxed globally convergent method of moving asymptotes

Journal

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Volume 280, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114842

Keywords

Curved stiffener layout; Cutout; Buckling optimization; Non-uniform curved grid-stiffened composite structures (NCGCs); Globally convergent method of moving asymptotes (GCM)

Funding

  1. Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore - the Polymer Matrix Composites Program (SERC Grant) [A19C9a0044]

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The study focuses on curved stiffener layout optimization for NCGCs with a central cutout to maximize critical buckling load under a given weight constraint. By using a gradient-based optimization algorithm and an improved method CR-GCM, the efficiency and convergence in the optimization process have been better balanced.
There are renewed interests in grid-stiffened composite structures due to the high structural stability and damage tolerance enabled by multiple intersected stiffeners. The limited design space of repeated straight grid patterns has been remarkably expanded by introducing non-uniform curved grid-stiffened composite structures (NCGCs). In this work, curved stiffener layout optimization for NCGCs with a central cutout is investigated to maximize the critical buckling load under a given weight constraint. The design framework is developed by calling ABAQUS for simulating stiffened models and using numerical sensitivities in order to adopt gradient-based optimization algorithm, where the computational time depends not only on simulation but also the number of design variables. To increase the efficiency, an improvement is proposed based on globally convergent method of moving asymptotes (GCM), as one of the most popularly used structural optimization algorithms, by relaxing the conservativeness (CR-GCM) with an additional relaxation factor and an adaptive limit of the iteration number. Numerical examples show that optimal curved stiffeners around the cutout have the ability to remarkably increase the structural buckling load and the proposed CR-GCM demonstrates the ability of better balancing the computational efficiency and convergence in the optimization process.

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