Rational schemes for reinforcing laminar plates from composite materials (Q1071584)

New problems for optimizing the internal structure of plates from a laminar composite for a number of local and integral functionals are considered. A model of a laminar-fibrous composite plate is described. Prior to optimization, the plate is a packet of monolayers homogeneous over the thickness. The monolayers are formed by periodic unidirectional stacking of reinforcing fibres in an elastic matrix. To determine the effective elastic properties of the monolayers, a homogenized model of the composite material is used. The concentration of reinforcing fibres or the angles of orientation of the axes of material anisotropy in a given number of monolayers are selected as control functions. A constraint, which does not enable one to go beyond the framework of application of the initial model for the composite, is imposed on the gradient of the functions giving the mechanical characteristics of the monolayers. The necessary conditions for optimality are obtained. Successive approximations are used to seek approximate analytic solutions. Optimal schemes are found for reinforcing laminar plates of different configuration in the following problems: minimization of the maximum plate deflection, maximization of their integral stiffness and the first natural vibration frequency.