TY - CHAP AU - Bo Cheng Jin ED - Karam Y. Maalawi Y1 - 2018-11-05 PY - 2018 T1 - Design Optimization and Higher Order FEA of Hat-Stiffened Aerospace Composite Structures N2 - The subject of optimum composite structures is a rapidly evolving field and intensive research and development have taken place in the last few decades. Therefore, this book aims to provide an up-to-date comprehensive overview of the current status in this field to the research community. The contributing authors combine structural analysis, design and optimization basis of composites with a description of the implemented mathematical approaches. Within this framework, each author has dealt with the individual subject as he/she thought appropriate. Each chapter offers detailed information on the related subject of its research with the main objectives of the works carried out as well as providing a comprehensive list of references that should provide a rich platform of research to the field of optimum composite structures. BT - Optimum Composite Structures SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.79488 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.79488 SN - 978-1-78985-068-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-16 ER -