Use of penalty function in topological synthesis and optimization of strain energy density of compliant mechanisms

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Frecker, Mary I ^a   Kota, Sridhar ^a   Kikuchi, Noboru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN ENERGY; TOPOLOGY; WELDS;

ELEMENT STRAIN ENERGY DENSITIES; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMALITY CRITERIA METHOD; PENALTY FUNCTION APPROACH; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; TOPOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS; TOPOLOGY SYNTHESIS;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS;

EID: 0004816855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC97/DAC-3760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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