Damage assessment in composite laminates using ANN-PSO-IGA and Cornwell indicator

A simple, yet powerful, new technique based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN) combined with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for damage quantification in laminated composite plates using Cornwell indicator (CI) is proposed. The analysis is performed in two stages. In the first stage, IsoGeometric Analysis (IGA) is formulated for square laminated composite plates having three layers[0°/90°/0°]. In the second stage, IGA model is coupled with PSO...