Layer thickness optimization of laminated composite plates to maximize the first-order natural frequency

摘要

Layer thickness optimization is performed to maximize the first-order natural frequency of clamped laminated composite plates using the genetic algorithm and meshless global radial basis function collocation method. The objective function of optimization problem is the maximum first-order natural frequency; optimization variables are layer thickness. The optimal layer thickness and the maximum first-order natural frequency of the 2-layer plates are presented to demonstrate the accuracy of present method.