TY - JOUR AU - Pelaez, Jose Ignacio AU - Gomez-Ruiz, Jose Antonio AU - Veintimilla, Jorge AU - Vaccaro, Gustavo AU - Witt, Patricia PY - 2017 DO - 10.1155/2017/4723863 SN - 1024-123X UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19058 T2 - Mathematical problems in engineering AB - Presently, there exists an important need for lighter and more resistant structures, with reduced manufacturing costs. Laminated polymers are materials which respond to these new demands. Main difficulties of the design process of a composite laminate... LA - en PB - Hindawi ltd KW - Stacking-sequence optimization KW - Improved genetic algorithm KW - Optimum design KW - Multiobjective optimization KW - Load maximization KW - Laminated plates KW - Evolutionary KW - Capacity KW - Strength KW - Angles KW - Laminated Polymers KW - Composite Materials KW - Materials Design KW - Memetic Algorithms KW - Metaheuristics KW - Structural Optimization KW - Finite Element Method KW - Strength of Materials KW - Materials Engineering TI - Memetic Computing Applied to the Design of Composite Materials and Structures TY - research article VL - 2017 ER -