Zafer Gürdal

9.3k citations
177 papers · 7.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 41
Topics
Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (99 papers)Topology Optimization in Engineering (65 papers)Structural Analysis and Optimization (53 papers)

In The Last Decade

Zafer Gürdal

174 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Elements of Structural Optimization19922026200320141992199350010001.5k

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Zafer Gürdal
Comparison fields: 5 of 107
  • Mechanics of Materials 5.0k
  • Civil and Structural Engineering 4.8k
  • Mechanical Engineering 1.7k
  • Aerospace Engineering 1.2k
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics 961
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All Works

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BUCKLING ANALYSIS OF CFRP COMPOSITE CYLINDRICAL SHELL WITH CUTOUTS IN BENDING
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Enhancements of Tow-Steering Design Techniques: Design of Rectangular Panel Under Combined Loads
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Design of variable stiffness composite panels for maximum fundamental frequency using lamination parameters
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A Reconfigurable Approach to Structural Engineering Design Computations.
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Optimal design : theory and applications to materials and structures
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Effects of processing induced defects on laminate response - Interlaminar tensile strength
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About Zafer Gürdal

Zafer Gürdal is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, having authored 177 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (99 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (65 papers) and Structural Analysis and Optimization (53 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Civil and Structural Engineering (4.8k citations), Mechanics of Materials (5.0k citations) and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (698 citations). Zafer Gürdal has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Raphael T. Haftka, Mostafa Abdalla, Shahriar Setoodeh, Brian Tatting, Adriana W. Blom, Samuel T. IJsselmuiden, Layne T. Watson, Manohar P. Kamat, Attila P. Nagy and Christos Kassapoglou. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and Composites Science and Technology.

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