This paper investigates the effect of the outer adherend geometry on the strength of an adhesively bonded joint. The investigation was carried out by optimizing the joint geometry using two different numerical optimization ...

This paper introduces a methodology utilising a ply-ply damage Finite Element models with Genetic algorithm optimisation procedure to investigate the effect of lay-up configuration on the impact absorption properties of ...

The classical method of optimising structures for strength is computationally expensive due to the requirement of performing complex non-linear finite element analysis (FEA). This study aims to optimise an artificial neural ...